(CNN) French painter Edgar Degas' rousing depiction of singers at an opera has been found in -- of all places -- a parked bus, nine years after it was stolen from a Marseille museum. They were checking the luggage compartment of a bus parked at a rest area in Seine-et-Marne, outside Paris, the French Ministry of Culture said in a press release Friday. "In a suitcase, they discovered a work carrying the signature 'Degas' for which no passenger came forward as the owner," the ministry said. So ends the unusual road trip for Degas' only work inspired by an opera that doesn't feature dancers. The Musée d'Orsay in Paris, which owns the work, confirmed the painting's authenticity following an initial examination, officials said.

Source: CNN February 24, 2018 03:11 UTC