Two friends hit the jackpot on a beach when they unearthed a rare piece of history which could be worth as much as $100,000 (£60k).
Leon Dechamps and Shayne Thomson were searching at Shark Bay, on the Indian Ocean coast at the most westerly point of Australia, when they came across the Buddha figurine in 2018.
Five years and $50,000 (£30k) of research later, the two friends had it confirmed that it is a bronze infant Buddha statue belonging to the 15th century Ming dynasty which dates back to imperial China.
