Repairing equipment in the basement resulted in the discovery of a large treasure.
The discovery was made by a plumber who was working at a villa in Vienna, Austria.
The man noticed a strange rope sticking out from under the floor in the basement of the estate, writes The Sun.
He couldn't pull it out, so he decided to dig it up. In the process, he came across an old chest.
When the plumber opened it, he found a pile of gold coins. They depicted the profile of the composer Wolfgang Mozart.
There were so many coins that they decided to weigh them. It turned out that the worker had found 30 kg of gold, which in monetary terms is about 2.4 million euros (255 million rubles).
He mentioned the rope when he explained why he started digging there. Other workers admitted that they had also noticed the rope, but did not bother to find out where it came from.
The worker received 50% of the treasure's value, or 1.2 million euros (127 million rubles). The second part goes to the owner of the territory, the publication reports, citing Austrian laws.
A friend of the lucky man shared that while working on the territories of ancient estates, sometimes it is possible to find 1-2 gold coins, but digging up a whole chest is a huge success.
Historians added that this gold could have been buried in the basement of a Viennese villa during World War II. Many wealthy residents of Austria hid their wealth in this way during the war, experts explained.
For reference
Treasure is money or valuables buried in the ground or hidden in some other way, the owner of which is unknown and cannot be found, or has lost the right to them.
