Workers Find 9M-Euro Gold Cache in Belgium Wall
Workers in Belgium discovered a hidden safe containing gold worth about 9 million euros during renovation work in a basement. The gold, including bars, coins, and numbered nuggets, was found in a social services center's building, and authorities are now determining its ownership.
Consensus
- Workers discovered a hidden safe in a basement wall during renovation work in Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, Belgium.
- The safe contained gold bars, coins, and numbered gold nuggets.
- The total estimated value of the gold is around 9 million euros.
- The gold was reported to the contractor and then secured by police.
- The Public Prosecutor's Office of East Flanders is investigating the origin and ownership of the gold.
- If no legal owner is found, the gold may go to the social services center where it was discovered.
- The social center plans to use funds from selling the gold to create additional shelters for the homeless.
- The building belongs to the social organization CAW Oost-Vlaanderen.
Points of divergence
- The safe contained more than 40 gold bars and approximately 4,000 coins, according to Dutch NOS. — fontanka
- There remains an open question about the potential share of the workers who discovered the cache. — vm
- The gold was found during renovation of a local Center for General Social Assistance, and a similar treasure was found in Nizhny Novgorod in June. — vesti
- Authorities are investigating whether the gold's presence in the basement is linked to any illegal activity. — fontanka
- The gold was found in a building previously used by a merchant dynasty, the Kuznetsovs, in Nizhny Novgorod. — vesti
Coverage (4 sources)
- Workers in Belgium found a hidden stash of gold worth 9 million euros in a wall — Вести
- They tore down the wall — and there were nine million euros. In Belgium, they found a huge hidden stash of gold — Фонтанка
- Safe with gold worth nine million euros found in Belgium — Вечерняя Москва
- Hiding place with gold worth nine million euros found in Belgium. — РИА Новости (Telegram)