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The Mona Lisa or Monna Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". It has been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797.[1]

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The Mona Lisa is featured in Bound and Buried.

In 1 day after people, at the Louvre Museum, the Mona Lisa is facing its own risk from within. The show then explains that the Mona Lisa is painted on wood that can swell and shrink. However, it was protected by an airtight case that can withstand a rocket propelled grenade and sensors within the case in order to detect the tiniest swelling in the wood. Steven S. Ross stated that the sensors can actually sense a one-micron expansion or contraction that is a 1/100th the width of a typical human hair.

Its fate is revealed in 100 years after people when humble dust infiltrate the neoprene seals that was built to withstand a terrorist attack forging a path for moisture. Steven S. Ross stated that the tiniest crack and hole anywhere in the case will have moisture arriving easily making the case the Mona Lisa's enemy. It creates a perfect habitat called the deathwatch beetle. While the beetles is nothing to do with dying, the Mona Lisa is painted on wood, and the beetles are wood eater, eating the painting of Mona Lisa. Gene Kritsky thinks for dessert, they'll eat the smile for last.

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