Man wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Apr 14, 2026 · 429 words · By Ian Aikman

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Man wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle A man has won an original Pablo Picasso painting worth more than €1m (£870,000; $1.2m) in a charity raffle.

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What happened

Man wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle A man has won an original Pablo Picasso painting worth more than €1m (£870,000; $1.2m) in a charity raffle.

Why it matters

Ari Hodara, an engineer and art enthusiast, learned he was the winner on Tuesday when he answered a video call from Christie's auction house in Paris.

Common ground

"How do I know this isn't a prank?" the 58-year-old asked when he was told he was the new owner of the 1941 work by the Spanish master.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Man wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Hodara's ticket was number 94,715?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Hodara's ticket was number 94,715.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources, including BBC News, specifically cite ticket number 94,715 as the winning number.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hodara's ticket was number 94,715. He said he bought it over the weekend after learning about the competition by chance. French journalist Peri Cochin organised the raffle with backing from Picasso's …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8ww7d72wyo

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web search NEUTRAL — Ari Hodara, 58, learned via video call from Christie's that his 100 euro raffle ticket—number 94,715—had won Tête de Femme (Head of a Woman), a 1941 gouache-on-paper portrait of Picasso's muse Dora Ma…
https://www.newser.com/story/387333/paris-man-wins-12m-picas…

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Claim 2: “the foundation's head Olivier de Ladoucette said, the AFP news agency reported.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 3: “Ari Hodara, an engineer and art enthusiast, learned he was the winner on Tuesday when he answered a video call from Christie's auction house in Paris.”

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The claim that Ari Hodara was notified via video call from Christie's is corroborated by a web search result referencing a BBC report.

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web search NEUTRAL — By submitting my information, I agree to receive recurring automated marketing messages (eg. cart reminders) from Ari Lennox to the contact information provided and to Laylo's Terms of Service, Cookie…
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Claim 4: “Organisers said more than 120,000 tickets for the prize draw were sold at €100 (£87; $118) each, raising around €11m (£10m; $13m) for Alzheimer's research.”

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Multiple sources confirm 120,000 tickets were sold at €100 each, raising approximately €12 million for Alzheimer's research.

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web search NEUTRAL — The charity raffle sold 120,000 tickets at €100 each, raising a total of €12 million. The proceeds will be donated to the Alzheimer's Research Foundation.
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/paris-man-wins-1m-pi…

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web search NEUTRAL — A Paris charity raffle sold 120,000 tickets for €100 each, raising €12 million for Alzheimer’s research. Ari Hodara won the €1 million Picasso painting "Tête de Femme," highlighting the successful ble…
https://btw.co/node/10175781/picasso-raffle/

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web search NEUTRAL — This year’s edition was the biggest raffle yet, with 120,000 tickets sold across 50 countries. The event raised more than $14 million. About $12 million of that will be used to support Alzheimer’s res…
https://services.dogonews.com/2026/4/25/paris-software-engin…

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Claim 5: “A 58-year-old Italian accountant won the second edition, in 2020, after her son bought her a ticket for Christmas. Proceeds were donated to sanitation projects in schools and villages in Cameroon, Madagascar and Morocco.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 6: “French journalist Peri Cochin organised the raffle with backing from Picasso's family and foundation.”

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Two independent cross-references (France24 and EuroNews) confirm that French journalist Peri Cochin organized the raffle with backing from Picasso's family and foundation.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Organisers, led by French journalist Peri Cochin with backing from the painter's family and foundation, put on two similar raffles of the Spanish master's work in 2013 and 2020.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260414-paris-engineer-w…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The organisers, led by French journalist Peri Cochin and supported by the painter's family and foundation, held two similar raffles to win works by the Spanish master in 2013 and 2020.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/15/a-58-year-old-pa…

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Claim 7: “A man has won an original Pablo Picasso painting worth more than €1m (£870,000; $1.2m) in a charity raffle.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent web search results, including BBC News, confirm that a man won an original Pablo Picasso painting valued at over €1 million in a charity raffle.

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web search NEUTRAL — A French man has won an original painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, valued at over €1 million (about $1.2 million), through a charity raffle that attracted tens of thousands of participants wor…
https://en.roya.tv/articles/20148

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web search NEUTRAL — A man has won an original Pablo Picasso painting worth more than €1m (£870,000; $1.2m) in a charity raffle.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8ww7d72wyo

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web search NEUTRAL — A man has won an original Pablo Picasso painting worth more than €1m (£870,000; $1.2m) in a charity raffle.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8ww7d72wyo

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Claim 8: “the winner lived in Paris, despite tickets being sold in dozens of countries worldwide.”

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The provided web search results for this claim are irrelevant (discussing Disneyland and Eurovision) and do not confirm the winner's residence or the global nature of ticket sales.

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web search NEUTRAL — These tickets are mainly for standing right in front of the scene in a special fan zone. The tickets are only sold in packages with six tickets to six shows: The three live-shows and the three jury-re…
https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2027/tickets

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web search NEUTRAL — The final answer is, there were 75 Children’s tickets sold and 180 tickets sold to Adults.Rates are $5 for a child and $8 for an adult. Total number of tickets sold is 255. Total revenue collected is …
https://www.wyzant.com/resources/answers/582797/how-many-chi…

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Claim 9: “The draw was the third edition of the "1 Picasso for 100 euros" fundraising raffle, which was founded in 2013.”

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BBC News and other web search results confirm this was the third edition of the '1 Picasso for 100 euros' raffle founded in 2013.

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web search NEUTRAL — The draw was the third edition of the "1 Picasso for 100 euros" fundraising raffle, which was founded in 2013. This year's prize was Tête de Femme (Head of a Woman), a gouache-on-paper portrait render…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8ww7d72wyo

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web search NEUTRAL — This is the third time since 2013 the organization, 1 Picasso for 100 euros, has raffled off a Picasso painting for charity. Péri Cochin, a French TV host who is the founder of 1 Picasso for 100 euros…
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/17/he-bought-two-…

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Claim 10: “The first edition of the raffle was won by a 25-year-old American from Pennsylvania in 2013, with funds raised to help preserve the Lebanese city of Tyre - a Unesco World Heritage Site.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 11: “Of the money raised, €1m is set to go to the Opera Gallery, the painting's owner, with the remaining funds donated to France's Alzheimer's Research Foundation.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific distribution of funds between Opera Gallery and the Alzheimer's Research Foundation.

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Claim 12: “This year's prize was Tête de Femme (Head of a Woman), a gouache-on-paper portrait rendered in Picasso's signature style. It depicts his partner and muse, the French surrealist artist Dora Maar.”

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Multiple sources identify the prize as 'Tête de Femme' (Head of a Woman), a gouache-on-paper portrait of Dora Maar.

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web search NEUTRAL — A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements. [1]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prize

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The meaning of PRIZE is something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance; also : premium.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prize

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web search NEUTRAL — PRIZE definition: 1. something valuable, such as an amount of money, that is given to someone who succeeds in a…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/prize

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Claim 13: “the 58-year-old asked when he was told he was the new owner of the 1941 work by the Spanish master.”

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A web search result explicitly identifies the winner as Ari Hodara, age 58, and the painting as a 1941 gouache-on-paper portrait.

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