A Gottfried Lindauer painting stolen from a Parnell gallery in April this year has appeared for sale on the dark web for nearly NZ$1 million.
The anonymous seller who goes by the handle Diabolo, claimed the 133-year-old portrait of Chief Ngatai-Raure is "100% genuine" and that the painting would be shipped in a wooden box within four days of the auction closing, Wired reported on Thursday.
"Here you can bid on an TOP SECRET original Painting from Bohemian painter Gottfried Lindauer that was stolen in New Zealand, Auckland 2017," the listing said.
The listing has been online for three weeks and is running as a bitcoin auction and also has a buy-now price of nearly $1m.
At the time the Wired piece went live, the leading bid was 35.1129 bitcoin - about $417,000.