Author Topic: $11 bil treasure unearthed under temple (Read 1389 times)

isukianime · « **on:** July 04, 2011, 05:39:59 PM »

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/04/11-billion-treasure-revealed-beneath-temple-in-india/?hpt=hp_t2

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A court-ordered search of vaults beneath a temple in India has turned up a treasure worth at least $11 billion, according to reports from the Indian state of Kerala.
An inventory of what lies beneath the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, as reported on the website Business-Standard.com and others, reads like a prop list from an "Indiana Jones" movie:

Rubies, sapphires, emeralds and pearls

Replicas of coconut shells made of pure gold

Hundreds of thousands of gold and silver coins, some dating to the 16th century

Gold chains as long as 18 feet

Solid-gold human figurines and idols

Crowns and pendants

Gold and silver bars

can you just imagine if this was one temple...how much the Brits took when they ransacked india.

Micharus · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:07:45 PM »

Can you imagine how pissed off the government of India is going to be though?

They won't be allowed to convert very much of it to real money, as a lot of it will be classed as 'artifacts'.

Can you imagine the international uproar if they decide to do something along this line, "Ok, take half the gold coins and figurines. We'll melt them down and use them to prop up the economy. Take that lot of gems over there and put them on the international market."

No, reckon it's going to be quite some time before India sees any sort of benefit from that treasure.

isukianime · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:09:59 PM »

why would they need to do that? india's a 3rd world country sure but their projected to grow 9% this year alone. and since when does the world get to decide on what any country classifies as an artifact?

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:18:47 PM »

$11 billion? That isn't much for a country that has a $1.4 trillion GDP. That $11 billion would help.... maybe... with securing their borders a little bit more... if they were allowed to use it all.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2011, 08:26:38 PM »

Actually they can use the treasure to make money, even if they are artifacts.

Bunch of people would pay to see it ...

daley · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2011, 01:07:13 AM »

They should open the other one! this is amazing!

:~) im excited about what could be in the next one, Its probably full of zombie mummies though

(cross cultural paranoia)

kitamesume · « **Reply #6 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:02:13 AM »

screw the treasure, its the government that needs to be discovered(i mean their corruption) and revealed to public eyes.

froody1911 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:13:28 AM »

Well, I'm an Indian, and here's the latest on the matter.

Firstly, the value discovered has since escalated to over $20 bil.
Secondly, that amount isn't really too valuable to the government. In fact, members of Parliament are pushing for the treasure to remain as property of the temple.

@Micharus
If they did decide to do something like converting it to money, the international uproar would be significantly less than the uproar within India itself.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #8 on:** July 05, 2011, 04:57:13 AM »

they push it on the temple because they will have to pay tax for it hahahah XD

froody1911 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 05, 2011, 05:18:55 AM »

^ LOL

But the temple does want to keep it. Would make for a great attraction if they made an exhibit.

kitamesume · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2011, 05:25:21 AM »

i`d laugh if theres a life size jesus gold figure in their collection...

Havoc10K · « **Reply #11 on:** July 05, 2011, 06:19:02 AM »

Quote from: froody1911 on July 05, 2011, 05:18:55 AM

^ LOL But the temple does want to keep it. Would make for a great attraction if they made an exhibit.

yeah but if the government would nab it they would have to pay taxes

xyx · « **Reply #12 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:27:04 AM »

i really hate money, dont get me wrong. a man will kill for money, isn't that really stupid ? it's just some paper, ffs, anyway, good for them.

froody1911 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:37:31 AM »

Quote from: xyx on July 05, 2011, 08:27:04 AM

i really hate money, dont get me wrong. a man will kill for money, isn't that really stupid ? it's just some paper, ffs, anyway, good for them.

I don't understand...what money is good for whom?

xyx · « **Reply #14 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:37:57 AM »

Quote from: froody1911 on July 05, 2011, 08:37:31 AM

Quote from: xyx on July 05, 2011, 08:27:04 AM
i really hate money, dont get me wrong. a man will kill for money, isn't that really stupid ? it's just some paper, ffs, anyway, good for them.
I don't understand...what money is good for whom?

for those who found it. lol.

froody1911 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:46:15 AM »

^ That's the point, nobody's making money off it! The temple authorities will probably get to keep the treasure.

xyx · « **Reply #16 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:51:21 AM »

WTFFFFF

Meomix · « **Reply #17 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:56:11 AM »

The news was so shocking xyx split into two.

Havoc10K · « **Reply #18 on:** July 05, 2011, 09:00:37 AM »

since cloning is illegal in most countries he should be put together soon.

kitamesume · « **Reply #19 on:** July 05, 2011, 09:02:26 AM »

Quote from: Meomix on July 05, 2011, 08:56:11 AM

The news was so shocking xyx split into two.

2xyx = 2 * xyx
lawl

artifacts... useless piece of junk. i say take a picture and sell the stuffs! hahaha