Ronnie Wood's family hoped it was an empty boast when his new teenage companion said she was his girlfriend and had posed for him in the nude.
But this picture of a naked girl recently painted by the Rolling Stones guitarist, and now for sale in a gallery near his Irish mansion, suggests she was right.
The 61-year-old rock star is offering the painting, believed to be of 19-yearold Kazakhstan-born cocktail waitress Ekaterina Ivanova, for £8,000.
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Entitled Photography Nude 11, it is one of 60 of his paintings on show in Gallery Number One in Dublin - 20 miles from the house in County Kildare to which Wood fled with the teenager.
Wood, who has a long and well-documented addiction to alcohol, left behind his wife Jo and their four children at their home in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He is said to be drinking two bottles of vodka a day.
Gallery staff say the guitarist, who is worth an estimated £70million, has yet to visit his exhibition, preferring to visit the surrounding pubs.
They added that the nude picture had attracted a lot of interest from fans although he has not revealed the identity of the sitter. 'He rarely does with his muses.'
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Refuse to grow up: The teenager poses in a Mickey Mouse and Peter Pan T-shirt
Friends of the star say they have no idea when he will return from Ireland with Miss Ivanova, whom he met while drinking as he celebrated the launch of the Stones film Shine a Light in April.
Her former boyfriend accused Wood yesterday of stealing her from him after pursuing her with a series of phone calls and texts.
Chris Kiely, 26, a music technician, said: 'It was unbelievable. She would be at my place and get a call from Ronnie. She'd go off and meet him in some swanky bar and wouldn't come back.
'He started inviting her to Ireland. She also modelled for his paintings and he told her she would get a cut if any of them sold. I was a bit jealous - I couldn't really compete.
'You never think you are going to lose your gorgeous girlfriend to a wrinkly old man - but that's exactly what happened. When she's had a few drinks, Katia is quite funny and she was cheeky to him.
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Troubled homecoming: Ronnie Wood faces a tense showdown with wife Jo (right) after his liaison with 18-year-old Ekaterina Ivanova
'He's very charming by all accounts. I felt a bit weird about it, but I didn't think I had to worry about a man of 61 - even if he does have a lot of money.'
Mr Kiely claimed that the teenager had even accompanied Wood to rehab where he was being treated for his drink problem.
Miss Ivanova is herself an amateur artist who has illustrated several children's books and has begged the Stone to help secure her a publishing deal.
Her mother yesterday pleaded with her to return home to London. Irina Ivanova, 48, who works as a housekeeper, moved to Britain six years ago.
She said: 'I know they had a special sort of relationship. But I didn't realise to what extent. I thought they only worked together. She said that Ronnie asked her to model for him. He wanted to draw her.'
She added of Wood: 'What does he think he's doing? He's old enough to be her grandfather. He needs to send her back before things get out of control and either she gets hurt or his family do.'
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