Antiques Roadshow guest refuses to return painting to owner after being given incredible valuation

An Antiques Roadshow guest has refused to return a painting to the original owner after it was revealed how much it was worth.

This is going to make the next family meeting a little awkward.

It all began when a woman appeared on the show with an Earl Moran painting, with absolutely no prior knowledge to how much it could be worth.

The show was being filmed in Idaho at the time with antiques expert Colleene Fesko examining the Earl Moran pin-up girl painting for the camera.

The woman explained that the painting had been in her mother's house for over a decade, after she purchased the art piece for around $200 (£157).

The guest shared how she'd wanted it ever since it arrived at her mum's and after she remodelled her home, her mum 'finally' gifted it to her so she could have it in her own home.

"As much as I can remember, it spent 10 to 15 years at my mum's house," she told Colleene.

"She bought it at an estate sale and she paid I think around $200 for it.

"I've just remodelled my house and I made it all 1950s. I kept telling my mum, 'So can I have the picture now?' So finally she gave it to me."

Colleene explained that it was during the mid 1950s that Moran found 'fame and fortune' in Los Angeles, specifically with his pin-ups.

The woman explained her mother had given her the painting after her house remodel (PBS)

Colleene explained: "This was probably done as an advertisement for a car company or even a sporting company because you also have the sailboat and the motorboat but its real appeal is in being a pin-up."

The guest confessed she had never had the painting valued, adding: "I have no idea, honestly. I just painted a wall in my house the pink on the car so...

"And it looks really good in my house, so as to the value, no, I've never, never looked into it."

When Colleene finally revealed the expected value of the painting, the guest was blown away.

She was in shock when she was told the value (PBS)

"Well, Moran's paintings are valued on a sliding scale but not the usual sliding scale," she said.

"The more clothes that slide off the pin-up girl, the more valuable they tend to be. This is a very special one, she's a lovely wholesome young girl, wearing the bright green bathing suit.

"The great period car, the period sailing vessels and motorboat, the cute dog, the nice signature - I would be estimating it between $20,000 (£15,797) and $30,000 (£23,696) at auction."

The woman was in total shock and could be seen with her hands covering her face.

Laughing that she wasn't going to give the painting back to her mother, she added: "Is my mum going to see this? Because I'm not giving it back!"

There could be a family row brewing here...