A couple of embarrassing art switcheroos have recently been pulled off. “First, a $7 million Monet went missing from the National Museum in Poznan, Poland, and a badly painted copy on cardboard was left in its stead. Then, monks at St Josaphat’s Monastery in Lattingtown, Long Island, found themselves short of two rare 16th- and 17th-century English tapestry chairs – the earlier of which Henry VIII once reputedly sat on. – New Statesman