An Antiques Roadshow owner was left “gobsmacked” to discover a damaged figure was worth a staggering amount of money.
The guest brought two pieces of Buddhist art to expert John Axford and he immediately said: “I’m excited.”
The owner explained that she had inherited the pieces from her grandfather and that they had come from Calcutta.
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John said the two pieces were “really quite old” and said: “This was made not long after the Norman conquest, it’s probably 12th century, it’s really old, it’s the Antiques Roadshow and that’s a proper antique.
“It was made in Nepal or Tibet or North India, it’s a Buhhdist deity and I think it represents Tara.
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“The figure itself is inset with semi precious stones, some turquoise and garnet, but some are missing.”
John then turned to the next figure and said it was probably from the 15th or 16th century so not as old as the previous piece, but still “pretty old.”
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