Man left stunned after winning €1m Picasso painting in raffle

The raffle for Picasso's portrait of his longtime muse and partner Dora Maar raised €12m for Alzheimer’s research

'Head of a Woman', the Picasso painting was won by Ari Hodara in a charity raffle. Picture: Michel Euler

A Parisian man could not believe his luck when he found out he had won a Pablo Picasso painting worth an estimated one million euro with a €100 raffle ticket.

“How do I check that it’s not a hoax?” said Ari Hodara, 58, after organisers called him following the draw at Christie’s auction house in the French capital.