When an abandoned cellar is restored, three workers found 34 gold ingots in the Loire and I-Cher area in 2015. The first person to discover the alloys wins half the treasure, French justice has decided a few days ago. It's a stroke of luck. The worker did not believe his eyes. "This is mad! I often say that when I get older, I'll tell my retired colleagues like me, and maybe the people around me, they'll think I'm crazy. "
In 2015, as part of the renovation work at Fozun, the worker and his colleagues received 34 gold ingots worth 1 million euros. The owner of the property wants to keep half of the amount, and the rest is shared among the three workers, or the equivalent of 139 thousand euros each.
The worker refused and turned to justice. In 2017, it was decided that only two gold alloys were found. The third was very far at the time of discovery. Half the treasure will be in favor of the cellar owner.
This decision did not satisfy the worker who was in his hand shovel. He pleads by claiming that he was the only one who made this discovery. The Court of Appeal in Orleans proved that it was right, four years later.
"The judges looked at the pictures and listened to the testimonies. This is the most credible version," says Antoine Beijing's lawyer. "My clients broke the concrete blocks and put his hand on a box, which makes him the treasure finder."
The Court of Appeal is justified by saying that "this joint work was not for the purpose of discovering the treasure" and therefore there was no "concept of the finders" of the treasure.
Thus, the 24-year-old worker took half the treasure, equivalent to 500,000 euros.
The 24-year-old worker took half the treasure, equivalent to 500,000 euros.