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In 2017, Bader was identified by US intelligence as having purchased
Leonardo's Salvator Mundi on behalf of Mohammed bin Salman. Bader acted as an intermediary. At the price of $ 450m, it was the most expensive painting ever sold.
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government in Saudi Arabia. In
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In April 2018, Prince Bader was appointed to the board of the
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