More than twenty-five thousand paintings had been bought in recent years by Silvio Berlusconi, who passed away last June, mainly from local television channels with shows where works of art are sold or from dealers.

However, according to La Repubblica newspaper and techno critic and politician Vittorio Sgarbi, “the pieces that might be of some interest are six or seven, no more».

The rest of the paintings (many of which depict Mr. Tivy himself, others of Italian city landscapes or female figures) are essentially of no particular value.

But the issue, according to the newspaper, is that for the safekeeping of these “works”, Berlusconi had rented a huge warehouse near his villa outside Milan, for 800 thousand euros a year.

His four children are said to be determined to stop paying the specific amount since several projects, according to information, have already been destroyed by the moth.

“According to witnesses, from the area where the warehouse is located, a cloud of smoke recently rose into the sky. The Berlusconi family, however, neither confirms nor denies that the paintings may have been burned“, writes La Repubblica.

It remains to be seen what will be done with this 4,500 square meter warehouse, if the children of the former Italian prime minister and businessman will decide to save at least some of the works in this special “collection” and if the rest will actually be destroyed or even if they are donated.