Van Gogh may not have cut off his own ear

"Self-portrait with cut ear" by Vincent Van Gogh. Photograph: Roger-Viollet/Rex Features

One of the great art cover-ups of all time has been exposed! Apparently Van Gogh may not have cut off his own ear. According to two German art historians in a paper entitled "Paul Gaugin and the Pact of Silence," Gaugin allegedly cut off Vinnie's ear, perhaps while in a heated dispute with the fiery artist. Probably in self-defense! More on this breaking story here.