Watching Time Team sparked a 13-year quest that could help earn my family a £200m fortune

FOR half a century, an unassuming portrait sat in the corner of the Wadlow family home in Aylesbury.

It wasn’t particularly eye-catching with bright colours, nor placed in a prominent position despite its Elizabethan history – that is, until window cleaner Steven Wadlow, 58, started asking questions. 

BARKING MAD TV/STEVEN WADLOWSteven has been trying to verify the identity of the sitter[/caption] The painting was originally bought for £700 by Steven’s fatherBARKING MAD TV/STEVEN...