{
  "id": 250481,
  "title": "Michel Becker, the Golden Owl's resentful painter: 'I've made a few stupid mistakes, but this one is the most expensive'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/michel-becker-the-golden-owls-resentful-painter-ive-made-a-few-stupid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T18:07:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/visuel/2026/08/06/michel-becker-the-golden-owl-s-resentful-painter-i-ve-made-a-few-stupid-mistakes-but-this-one-is-the-most-expensive_6756231_183.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "'The Golden Owl's last secrets' (3/6). The artist who designed the Golden Owl took charge of the treasure hunt in 2021. He has long been openly hostile toward the author of the riddles, Régis Hauser, also known as Max Valentin.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "With the Golden Owl's new guru, doubts grew: 'Becker made mistakes, but that doesn't justify the awful things people said'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/with-the-golden-owls-new-guru-doubts-grew-becker-made-mistakes-but",
        "published": "2026-08-08T16:00:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}