massive gold hoard found in inherited house in France

[www.bbc.co.uk]

French heir finds $3.7m gold hoard underneath furniture in house

A Frenchman who inherited a large house from a relative has found an astonishing 100kg (220lb) haul of gold hidden under the furniture.

The unnamed heir discovered the glittering hoard in a variety of inventive locations, including under piles of linen and in the bathroom.

"There were 5,000 gold pieces, two bars of 12kg and 37 ingots of 1kg," auctioneer Nicolas Fierfort told AFP.

The treasure is worth an estimated €3.5m ($3.7m; £3m).

Mr Fierfort said he had visited the house in Evreux, Normandy, to value furniture the new owner was selling.

He said he totally overlooked the gold, which was "extremely well hidden".

The coins and gold bars only came to light when the house's new owner started moving things around.

45% inheritance tax, what a rip.

ozzie Wrote:
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> 45% inheritance tax, what a rip.

Hey

queen Elizabeth and prince charles and his wife Kate gotta make a living too ya know!? lol

WHY do these people have to blabber???

doc holiday Wrote:
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> WHY do these people have to blabber???

= "dumbazz'es"

I wouldn't have said a word, slowly sold it off one piece at a time and pay zero inheritance tax....geesh some people have all the luck

best thing is for the finder to flee the country and live in spain trather than 45% ..france has always been a beaurocratic nightmare of money grabbing local officials and worse than Italy