Old Master is found in LA

A REMBRANDT drawing stolen from a Los Angeles-area hotel has been recovered at a church in Encino, some 25 miles away, authorities said yesterday.

Owners of the drawing, known as The Judgment, verified that the recovered 11 inch by 16in pen-and-ink artwork valued at $250,000 (152,000) was indeed the original that had vanished from an exhibit on Saturday night.

An anonymous tip led investigators to the church on Monday, and experts from the Linearis Institute, which owns the drawing, later verified its authenticity.