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Japans most expensive museum is full of fake art
November 26, 2014
In the Otsuka Museum of Art, the fact that nothing in its entire collection of art is original is part of the charm. 

The museum in northeastern Japan houses over a thousand replicas of iconic art works: Leonardo da Vincis The Last Supper, all of Rembrandts self portraits, and a full-size reproduction of the Sistine Chapel.

Besides giving Japanese visitors a chance to see masterpieces too delicate to be transported abroad-- like Picassos Guernica which never leaves the Museo Nacional in Madrid -- Otsuka offers a certain kind of preservation. 

The paintings are reproduced, in original size and color, on ceramic panels that dont fade over time.

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