Belgian Workers Unearth $10.5 Million in Gold Under Former Brewery
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Updated · KABC-TV · Aug 17
Belgian Workers Unearth $10.5 Million in Gold Under Former Brewery
3 articles · Updated · KABC-TV · Aug 17
Summary
Eight construction workers found gold coins and bars worth 9 million euros, or about $10.5 million, during renovation work in Dendermonde last Tuesday.
A drill bit jammed during drilling and appears to have struck a gold bar, prompting the crew to alert the property owner, who then called police.
Police inventoried the haul under camera surveillance at the station before sealing it, with images showing a bucket of coins and a table covered in gold bars.
Investigators are now trying to establish how the cache was hidden there and who legally owns it at the former brewery site northwest of Brussels.