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Student Finds 49 Gold Bars and 4,000 Coins Worth $10.5M in First Week at Work: Police Seize Treasure

Prosecutors are weighing inheritance claims and possible criminal links before deciding whether the finder, the owner or descendants can keep the hoard.

Summary by IBTimes UK
An 18-year-old student's first week in a part-time construction job ended with the discovery of an extraordinary hidden fortune after he uncovered 49 gold bars and around 4,000 gold coins worth an estimated €9 million ($10.5 million) beneath a former brewery in Belgium. Instead of walking away with a life-changing payday, the student worker Kobe Phillips watched police take custody of the hoard as investigators worked to establish its legal owne…

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The discovery made headlines worldwide: in Belgium, construction workers discovered gold worth around nine million euros in renovation work. But who does it belong to? The trail could lead to a brewery family. By S. Fritz.

·Hamburg, Germany
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Belgian police are investigating the possible ownership of a gold hoard discovered by construction workers this week. Workers who discovered a pile of coins and gold bars at a construction site are hoping that the owner will not be found, as that would mean the discoverers themselves would also be able to claim a share of the treasure.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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Local authorities have not yet managed to find out who hid in the foundations of a Flemish mansion ingots and gold coins valued at nine million euros

·Madrid, Spain
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In the north of Brussels, numerous ingots and gold coins have been discovered on a construction site in a building belonging to an old family of brewers in Termonde. Since then, the courts have been trying to know the origin of this mango estimated at 9 million euros to know who to attribute it to.

·Paris, France
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Al Bawaba broke the news in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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