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People often like old things very much. Many people are busy collecting collections of old things. For this, they are also ready to pay a lot of price. At the same time, there are some people who buy historical things in hobby but they have no idea of its real value. Recently something similar happened with an elderly couple in England who decided that they would sell two old idols of their house
An elderly couple living in Suffolk, England was recently changing their house. While vacating the old house, his eyes went to two old statues of Sphinx kept in the garden. Let us tell you that there are huge buildings located in the Sphinx, Egypt, whose head is of a human and the body of a lion. These are very historical buildings and are part of the thousands of years old beliefs of the Egyptians. The small format of this building was once bought by the couple for 30 thousand rupees, which they kept in their garden as a showpiece. While moving, the couple thought that they should throw those idols, but then they changed their mind and decided that they would auction the idols, they believed that the auction would get only a little money which would be useful.
Contacted Mander Auctioneers for the auction. After examining the idol, it was told that it is a very old and rare idol. Bidding started from 20 thousand rupees but you will be surprised to know that those two idols were bought for the full 2 crore rupees. Before the auction, a person named James of the company said that the buyers did not even know that the idols are almost years old. James said that before the auction people had less attraction but during the auction people started taking more interest in it. According to the report of the Mirror website, it was first estimated that the idol may have been of the 18th or 19th century, but experts claim that the idols are believed to date up to 5000 years ago, which are actually from Egypt and they were found in other countries around the 18th century. has been brought.
