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A man filed a lawsuit against the owner of the building, his sister and nephew, saying, "There is a gold bar buried in the basement of the building," but it is said to have been dismissed.



According to the legal community today (21st), Mr. A said that tens of billions of dollars of gold bars were buried in the basement of a building in Bukseong-ro, Daegu, jointly owned by his family, including his sister and nephew, in June. filed a lawsuit about it.



The 'status of a burial discoverer' is related to the provisions of Article 254 of the Civil Code, which states that the owner and the discoverer each share half of the burial found on another person's land or other objects.



The building belonged to Mr. A until his brother-in-law, Mr. B, died of an illness in 2019.



After Mr. B's death, the ownership of the building was inherited by 4 people, including Mr. B's wife, Mr. A's sister and nephew.



In the course of the trial, Mr. A argued that "in May 2018, before his brother-in-law died, he requested a mineral exploration expert with his brother-in-law's permission, and found the location of a 200kg gold ingot."



The domestic gold price is about 75,000 won per gram, and the value of 200 kg gold bullion A claims is 15 billion won.



Mr. A also disclosed the contents of a message he exchanged with his nephew, the owner of the building, two years ago.



To Mr. A's message that 'the gold is buried, we must dig it', his nephew replied, 'I will tell my uncle (Mr. A) first when the time comes.'



However, the court dismissed all of the claims, saying that the materials presented by Mr. A are not objective evidence.



Regarding this, an official from the Daegu District Court said, "Even if the plaintiffs requested a professional and received a photo showing the location of the burial, they did not see it with their own eyes. It is not recognized as ."



On the other hand, Bukseong-ro, Daegu, where many Japanese merchants resided in the past, is an area where the 'gold bar burial theory' has been constantly raised.



After liberation, Japanese merchants hurriedly left for the mainland, and rumors spread that there were gold ingots that they could not take.