A man just found a £115 million-worth Picasso painting in his attic. The artwork that bears an interesting back story was hidden by his mother for 55 years.

Dominic Curie discovered the Picasso painting while clearing out his attic with his son. "'I saw a roll of cloth and thought that was the actual painting then realised there was a canvas rolled up inside," Curie told Metro UK. "We had to tease it open because it had been curled up for decades."

The 58-year-old was amazed to see Picasso's signature at the bottom-right corner of the painting.

Just last month, Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger painting broke the records for being sold at £115 million by Christie's auction house.

"I thought 'No, this can't be' then we looked at each other and burst out laughing. Then we started looking at it seriously and were absolutely dumbfounded. It was a bizarre, surreal moment," said Curie.

Curie believed that this painting was given to his mother, Anette, by a Russian soldier, Nicolai Vladimirovich, who got her pregnant during a visit in Poland when she was 19. The Scottish teenager received this gift, knowing the couple could not be together during the peak of the Cold War. This painting was believed to support Dominic and his mother as a single parent.

"I wouldn't have thought that my mum was knowledgeable about art. She never discussed art, as far as I know. The name Picasso wouldn't have registered," Curie explained.

Curie just found out about his father's identity two years after his mother died in 1998.

"If my painting is genuine, my father obviously wanted to look after me and my mother well," Curie added. "For that I'd love to shake his hand, I'd love to meet him."

The painting has now been referred to Christie's auction house for assessment. Curie is currently nervous about what experts would say about its authenticity.