In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi was purchased at auction for a staggering $450 million.
The exchange rippled beyond the art world into the realms of global politics and bank fraud.
Because the seller, Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev, wasn't just one of the richest art collectors in the world.
He had bought the painting through his Swiss art dealer, warehouse magnate Yves Bouvier, and was selling for justice.
In what became known as 'The Bouvier Affair, ' this .
The bouvier affair: a true story, paperback/Alexandra Bregman
