Belgian student strikes gold worth €9m while digging sewers
Summary
An 18-year-old student working on a building site in Belgium found gold worth about €9 million while digging trenches for a sewage system. The treasure included gold coins, nuggets, and bars hidden in a bricked-up cellar wall of a former brewery villa, and the find is now under official investigation.Key Facts
- The student found the gold while working on a site in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, about 30 km northwest of Brussels.
- The gold was stored in a bag inside a bricked-up cellar wall beneath a villa built for brewery owner Theophilus Van Assche in the late 1800s.
- The hoard includes gold coins, nuggets, and numbered bullion bars.
- Brewing on the site lasted from 1899 until 1970; the building is now being renovated by a social welfare group to create offices and housing.
- The find was reported to the police and transferred to a secure location in Brussels.
- Authorities will check if the gold is stolen or linked to crime and if others have legal claims.
- Belgian law requires finders to wait five years before claiming unclaimed treasure.
- Possible claimants include the construction workers, the welfare organization, and descendants of the Van Assche family.
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