A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a forgery during the pandemic has returned to its rightful place.

The Roaring Lion - which appears on the UK's £5 note - was swapped with a forgery during the pandemic and ended up in Italy.

A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a dodgy forgery during the pandemic returns to its rightful place today, after two Ottawa police detectives travelled to Rome to retrieve it.

The original artwork will be returned to its spot on the reading-room wall in the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel after two Ottawa police detectives travelled to Rome to retrieve it

Renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh snapped the iconic portrait in 1941 in the Speaker’s Office on Parliament Hill, just after Churchill delivered a rousing wartime address to Canadian lawmakers. Toward the end of his life, Karsh signed and gifted the portrait to the hotel, where he had lived and worked.

A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a dodgy forgery during the pandemic has returned to its rightful place, after two Ottawa police detectives travelled to Rome to retrieve it.

A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a forgery during the pandemic has returned to its rightful place, after two Ottawa police detectives traveled to Rome to retrieve it. Police said “The Roaring Lion” was stolen from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa,