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Antiques Roadshow fans squirm as guest learns 'million pound' portrait is worth much less

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One guest on BBC's Antiques Roadshow left the show no doubt feeling a little deflated, after learning a portrait thought to be a Lely painting was basically worthless.

The visitor appeared on the show with one of the experts, to find out the true value of the artifact that had been passed on in his family.

He revealed how it was bought at auction in the 1850s, before being placed in the home of the current owner - having been passed down through the family.

It was thought to be painted by the popular artist Sir Peter Lely, who was around in the 1600's. But on inspection, the visitor soon learned that it was not an original and most likely a copy painted in the 19th century - two centuries after Lely's paintings.

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