‘Римская добыча’ оказывается реквизитом телешоу Detectorists

Два мужчины, которые думали, что нашли клад римских золотых монет, увидели свои мечты разрушенными, когда обнаружили, что монеты являются реквизитом для телевизионного ситкома.

Andy Sampson and Paul Adams had been metal detecting in a field on the Suffolk/Essex border when they found more than 50 “gold” coins with pottery.

Mr Sampson said his friend started “shouting and jumping around and dancing” after he found the “treasure”.

However, it emerged the fake coins were a prop for the BBC show Detectorists.

Mr Sampson said the pair, who have only been metal detecting for a year, had spotted the farmer ploughing the field last summer, and got his permission to go out one evening to check it out.

“Paul kept running at me shouting, ‘Roman gold!’ and I… Читать дальше

Источник: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42887063