Inherited the house, found the treasure 100 kg gold

A Frenchman in Evreux, Normandy after inherited a large building was found 100 kg of gold was the previous owner very carefully concealed in it.


A portion of the gold found in the house of a man who inherited in Evreux, Normandy, France - AFP

According to the BBC, the auction house Fierfort Nicolas detailed description: "There are 5,000 gold coins, two gold bars weighing 12 kg and 37 gold bars weighing 1 kg. Total assets of the treasure estimated at 3.5 million euros (3, 7 million dollars). "

He claims to have direct Fierfort to house to assess the total assets of which the new owner wants to sell.

According to him, this gold was the previous owner very carefully concealed and only heirs discovered when the house began to clean up the furniture.

First the owner finds gold box mounted underneath a piece of furniture. Then he discovered the other cash box was hidden carefully in boxes of whiskey. After that he dug up a pile of gold bars buried at other locations.

According to the certification papers found in the legacy left by the late owner, this gold was acquired legally in the 1950s and 1960s.

However, according to newspaper La Depeche local, lucky people can dig the treasure will have to pay heavy taxes.

The owner will be subject to 45% tax rate on inheritance is inherited, if the previous owner did not publicize this property, the new owner will incur a further 3 years of back taxes. Thank you for leaving valuable comments