I bought a “cursed” portrait and thought I'd be safe, but it ruined my life – I got flooded and the TV exploded

A GHOSTED painting that has brought misfortune to a number of unlucky owners is the prime suspect in two devastating new home floods.

Artwork – a gloomy portrait of a young girl – was returned to the charity shop several times after causing chaos among shoppers.

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Then London Bridge Experience bought the cursed piece for £1,600 – and workers' lives have been ruined ever since.

Manager James Kisslingbury's car broke down on his way to pick up the piece before he injures his collarbone.

On the site, which covers the history of the death of the capital, the cameras were turned off and the Wi-Fi stopped working.

All of their TVs in the attraction went down and again the tech team came and couldn't find the cause.

Flashing lights and a figure in a black skirt was spotted by staff member Shannon Fagan in the morning.

Now she revealed that the site had been flooded twice in the space of a month – the entire basement was filled with water.

Shannon told The Sun: “We've seen the leaks but this is completely off the charts.”

The infamous “ghosts” a picture of a little girl went viral after it was discovered for sale in the window of a charity shop in Hastings, East Sussex, with the warning: “She's back!!! Sold twice and returned twice! Are you brave enough?'

The previous owner of the portrait, Zoe Elliott-Brown, claimed she was haunted by a “black figure” after purchasing the portrait for £25.

She was so scared she ended up selling it to James Kisslingberry, managing director of The London Bridge Experience, on eBay for £1,680.

James placed the painting in the reception desk of the tourist attraction, which takes guests on a step-by-step tour of the capital's history, as part of their Halloween display.

But the 44-year-old says he and his staff have been plagued by setbacks ever since.

In fact, he claims the Tully Street attraction has flooded twice since the painting arrived.

James said: “We had a couple of floods between November and December. We arrived one morning and the basement was flooded.

“We've had small leaks in the past, but nothing of this magnitude.

“We're lucky the building is pretty solid so the damage wasn't too bad, but it was a bit unexpected.

“I know a cynic would say it's just a coincidence, but given the number of things that keep happening, I find myself questioning whether there's more to the picture than meets the eye.”

On the day James brought the portrait to the London Bridge Experience, their Wi-Fi went down and one of their TVs suffered an electrical fault.