Famed Churchill portrait stolen from hotel and replaced with fake

An employee at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa spotted something amiss with Roaring Lion' portrait by photographer Yousuf Karsh

Police in Canada are investigating the brazen" heist of a famed Sir Winston Churchill portrait after the original photograph was mysteriously swapped for a fake.

Last week, an employee at the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa, noticed something amiss with a portrait known as the Roaring Lion" which was taken after the wartime leader addressed the Canadian parliament in 1941 .