Patna: Bihar deployed police to guard a piece of farmland after a scramble among local villagers to dig out that particular space following recovery of several gold coins.
The news has been communicated to the Archaeological Department as the gold coins belonged to ancient times and officials believe several precious antiquities might be lying beneath the land.
According to reports, Bihasi Devi was busy digging out the land in Giridhar-Baraon village in Buxur district for farm work on Sunday when she noticed a shining yellow metal and picked it up. She was not sure if it was gold but kept on digging the land with the help of a gardening trowel and she found two more. One of the coins was later sold for Rs28,000 in the local market.
Unable to hide her curiosity, she reported the matter to the villagers and also informed how she fetched handsome money after its sale. Within no time, the villagers armed with hoes, digging sticks, spades, trowels and other tools rushed to the spot and began digging the land in search of gold. Saroj Pal was another lucky villager who was able to lay his hand on a gold coin.
In the meanwhile, someone informed the police who rushed to the spot and fenced the entire area apart from deploying a force to ensure peace.
“We have recovered three gold coins from the local villagers and the matter has been communicated to the Archaeological Department,” local sub-divisional official Kumar Pankaj told the media on Wednesday.
According to him, the Archeological Department has been requested to make an inspection of the spot and excavate the land. Reports said two more coins were reportedly found by the villagers but the officials are still to recover them.
According to historians, the area was ruled by the Kharwar dynasty.
