Antiques discovered in Dong Nai province

11:08, 21/08/2012

(ĐN)- Pham Khien, a local resident of Binh Minh commune in Dong Nai province's Trang Bom district by chance discovered some priceless antique items on August 17.

(ĐN)- Pham Khien, a local resident of Binh Minh commune in Dong Nai province's Trang Bom district discovered antique items on August 17.

He went into the jungle in the hills to search for medicinal plants. While he was digging to uproot a medicinal plant at a depth of two meters in the ground, he came across a nylon bag which contained some antiques comprising of a cylindrical box carved with three gods, four small statues, three gold rings and 10 coins of different sizes.

Many people offered to buy these items from him for tens of millions of dong, but he refused and decided to hand them over to the district's authorities for verifying the real value of these items, said Khien.

Reported by V.K