An Antiques Roadshow guest was handed the devastating blow that a statue, previously thought to be worth around £250,000 was actually only worth £150. During the episode on Sunday, Fiona Bruce presented the show from Wollaton Hall in Nottingham.
But one figure, thought to have been from the Kota tribe from Gabon, south of Nigeria, was brought in by an excited member of the public. Hailed initially as 'iconic examples of African tribal art', the guest was then told that their figure was a copy and was slightly the wrong size.
The treasures brought to the BBC show’s group of antiques experts included a fire extinguisher cocktail shaker, a toy monkey popping out of a musical pineapple, as well as a pair of drawers belonging to Queen Victoria, the Mirror reports.
