One day, Stephen Malton, a man living in Dorset, South West England, was hired to demolish an old house. The tenant said that the house belonged to Arthur Bell, a Victorian artist. The address of the house was Southbourne, near Bournemouth, Dorset.
Stephen Malton arrived and found the house very old and dilapidated. He decided to use an excavator to demolish it. Suddenly, while removing the fireplace from the old brick wall, Malton saw something peeking out from a hole in the wall. He immediately stopped and ran to take a closer look. After removing each brick, an amazing scene appeared.
Malton did not expect to discover a valuable "treasure" while demolishing the house. (Photo: Daily mail)
Behind the brick wall was another wall. However, this wall was covered with many different porcelain tiles. Malton counted 256 porcelain tiles in this wall, all of which were beautifully colored. He suddenly had the belief that these were special tiles, different from the usual ones. Therefore, Malton called in an expert to assess their origin and value.
Experts say these bricks were created by craftsmen in the city of Delft, Netherlands. During the Victorian era, this city was one of the world 's leading producers of porcelain tiles. Each brick on the wall was valued at up to 1,000 pounds (more than 30 million VND). The total value of those bricks is up to 50,000 pounds (more than 1.5 billion VND).
Each ceramic tile on the wall costs more than 30 million VND. (Photo: Dailymail)
Under the terms of the demolition contract, Malton was the party named in the contract and therefore entitled to everything found in the house. Thus, all those precious porcelain tiles belonged to this guy.
In 2008, Malton found some relics from the old home of JRR Tolkien, the legendary writer and creator of the classic masterpiece Lord Of The Rings. Putting them up for sale, Malton earned 75,000 pounds (more than 2.2 billion VND).
Quoc Thai (Source: Daily mail)
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