A painting bought for £400 and featured on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow has been revealed to be a Sir Anthony Van Dyck portrait worth about £400,000. Father Jamie MacLeod, who runs a retreat house in north Derbyshire, first took the artwork to Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, in 2012. More was revealed about the painting when Father lamie took it to filming for another edition of Antiques Roadshow in Cirencester, Gloucestershire in June this year. It was identified after the show's host Fiona Bruce saw the painting and thought it might be genuine. Following restoration, the painting was verified by Dr Christopher Brown - one of the world authorities on Van Dyck.

The portrait, originally bought at a Cheshire antiques shop, is the most valuable painting identified in the show's 36-year history.

Source: BBC