ENGINEER... VISITING THE RIVER
CITY... TO UNVEIL HOW HE WENT
BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE
FAMOUS PAINTING... THE MONA
LISA. ZACH HATCHER JOINS US
WITH A LOOK AT HIS HIGH TECH
APPROACH. ZACH? <<Zach
Hatcher>> KIMBERLY - WHAT ONCE
WAS A MYSTERY IS NOW CLEAR TO
PASCALL COTTE WHO SPENT HIS
CAREER SOLVING AN AGE OLD
QUESTION. COTTE CRACKED THE
CODE USING HIGH POWERED
CAMERAS THAT WERE USED TO SCAN
THE PAINTING. THE ENGINEER
EXPLAINED THE COMPLEX PROCESS
FROM STARTING WITH THE
ORIGINAL AND MAKING A TRUE
DIGITAL COPY. HE SAYS
COUNTLESS HOURS WERE POURED
INTO HIS WORK - AND REMEMBERS
THE DAY HIS DREAMS CAME TRUE.
<<(Pascal Cotte/ Engineer/ We
work to do that, and we work
all the night, and I finish at
8 o'clock in the morning. So,
as I said to my wife, I spent
the night with Mona Lisa.)
> YOU CAN SEE
DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE MONA
LISA AT THE PEORIA RIVERFRONT
MUSEUM. THAT EXHIBITION IS
TITLED - DA VINCI, THE GENIUS
AND RUNS THROUGH MARCH 22ND.
> COMING
UP... DINNER... RIGHT TO YOUR
