'Lost' Van Gogh sketchbook draws controversy

The discovery of 65 previously unknown drawings said to be by Vincent Van Gogh has set off a bitter row about their authenticity, with Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum dismissing as fakes what others hailed as one of the biggest art world finds in years.

The museum claimed Tuesday that the contents of the so-called lost sketchbook unveiled by French publishers were imitations and "could not be attributed to Vincent Van Gogh".

But experts behind the discovery accused the museum of "jealousy", adding that "it was not the first time the Van Gogh Museum has got it wrong".