Fortune smiled on a poor woman, who stumbled upon a 4.39 carat diamond when she went to collect firewood in a forest area in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna, famous for its precious stone mines.
As per the private estimates, the diamond may fetch up to Rs 20 lakh at the auction.
Genda Bai, a resident of Purushottampur, went to the forest to collect wood on Wednesday, but found a precious stone on Wednesday, diamond inspector Anupam Singh said.