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Thanks to the French authorities, twenty-seven thousand and four hundred illegally obtained artifacts have been discovered at the home of a Frenchman living in Belgium.
Much of the haul was from Roman times but some were from the Iron Age, the Renaissance and the Middle Ages. According to news.artnet.com, it all started in October of 2019.
A man called Patrice T. notified the Flemish Organization for Immovable Heritage that he had recently found over fourteen thousand coins on his newly purchased property in Gingelom, Belgium. Archaeologists went to Patrice’s property and he showed them two large pails filled with coins that were in the trunk of his car.
Plus de 27 000 objets archéologiques retrouvés chez un pilleur de l Est de la France
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French Authorities Seized More Than 27,000 Potentially Looted Archaeological Artifacts Hoarded by a Single Collector in Belgium
The suspect said he found ancient Roman coins in his apple orchard in Belgium, but experts say that is impossible.
December 17, 2020
Roman coins supposedly discovered in Belgium are believed to have been illegally excavated in France. Photo courtesy of the Onroerend Erfgoed, the Flemish Organization for Immovable Heritage.
French authorities in Belgium have seized a massive haul of 27,400 Roman coins and artifacts believed to have been illegally excavated throughout eastern France. Following a joint investigation by the two nations, officials found the hoard in the possession of a French man and his mother living in Belgium.
French customs seizes 27,000 looted archaeological artefacts
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French customs seizes 27,000 looted archaeological artefacts
The “priceless” pieces were found at a Frenchman’s Belgian home and the “collector” in question now faces huge fines and a prison sentence
17 December 2020
The collector had more than 27,000 pieces of illegally-looted archaeological artefactsBy Hannah Thompson
More than 27,000 pieces of looted archaeological artefacts of “exceptional quality” have been discovered at the home of an illegal French collector, in one of the biggest ever finds of its kind in the country.