How the story of a stolen Renoir painting found in West Virginia was unraveled

How the story of a stolen Renoir painting found in West Virginia was unraveled

HARPERS FERRY, WV (WOWK) -- This is the incredible story of how a work by famed impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir that was stolen in the 1950s was found in West Virginia for a measly $7. But was that story made up? According to the Washington Post, a Virginia woman was at a West Virginia flea market when she found a box that contained three things: a brown leather Paul Bunyan doll, a plastic cow and the painting, which "did not excite …