> People buy expensive art because its popular. Let's say I can magically create thousands of copies of the mona lisa, perfect 100% copies of the original at t

> People buy expensive art because its popular. Let's say I can magically create thousands of copies of the mona lisa, perfect 100% copies of the original at the Louvre with no method known to man now or in the future to distinguish them. Now imagine that I shuffle those 100% perfect copies with the original and distribute them all across the world in galleries, auction houses, museums, some universities etc. (basically any facilities with a chance to have access to people with the ability to notice that this might be the original painting). Assuming that the experts trying to find the original now that it is gone from the Louvre are honest and don't lie: Do you believe the Mona Lisa would still retain its value assessment?