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One of the world’s most fiercely debated paintings just became even more mysterious. Artist Ron Piccirillo recently discovered “a secret that has been hiding for five hundred years” — three animal heads in the landscape of the Mona Lisa. Piccirillo claims to have figured out Leonardo da Vinci’s “secret vantage point” for viewing paintings, which revealed the ghost-like animal images.

See them for yourself. Here’s the original Mona Lisa:

The original Mona Lisa

And here are the hidden pictures. Clockwise: An ape, a lion, and a buffalo.

Clockwise: An ape, a lion, and a buffalo. Photo: thehiddenhorsehead.com

Piccirillo explains more of the mysteries behind the Mona Lisa and expands on the evidence behind his theories in a recent post on his site, The Hidden Horse Head.

H/T Buzzfeed