先前就有不少网友质疑展览的真实性，但其实只要用 Google Da Vinci Self Portrait
就会查到一个标题为 Lucan Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci 的维基连结：
https://goo.gl/sgVreY
开头文章简述这幅画的来历，然后就是这段
Alessandro Vezzosi, director of the Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci at Vinci said in 2011 that he had excluded the possibility that it was a self-portrait
位于意大利弗罗伦斯的达文西博物馆馆长 Alessandro Vezzosi
在2011年时就排除这真幅画是达文西亲笔自画相的可能性了。
无庸置疑的是，这幅画是极具争议的，但官网跟粉丝页都号称这是达文西的真迹
粉丝页截图：http://imgur.com/mmokeyH.jpg
官网截图：http://i.imgur.com/ZxgwvWY.png
官方还说这幅画是私人收藏，不公开展出，就算出国也看不到
但同样的画作在2013年在大陆山东展出
http://goo.gl/wjHbA8
2012也在法国展出，这篇报导就客观许多，没有夸大的字眼说确定是真迹
http://goo.gl/rdwKIc
美国联合通讯社 Associated Press的报导
大致上就是说专家们皆排除这幅画是出自达名西之笔
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px9jbyORrh8
“Experts, however, stressed that the age of the wood didn't necessarily mean the portrait was painted at that time and that more tests had to be conducted.
The name of the artist who painted the image was also still being investigated, but the experts did rule out that it was a Leonardo self-portrait.
The director of the Ideal Museum of Leonardo da Vinci stressed that the experts were "in the middle of researching, discussing and comparing several hypotheses that, however, must have a just measure, an appropriate limit".
Professor Alessandro Vezzosi added that he himself did not think it was a Leonardo portrait - although he would love it to be.”
在台湾展览时，官方却完全忽略了学术性质跟争议，宣称是价值70亿的达文西真迹
让有许多台湾人付了钱进展场以为看到了天才的稀世名作
但实际上只见到了一幅有争议的文艺复兴时期的艺术作品。