Évreux (France) (AFP) - Three French workers are to appear before a court on charges of theft after they stole a treasure trove of gold bars and coins from a house they were working on, a local newspaper reported on Monday.
The men had been working on a house in Normandy for several days when they discovered the loot, estimated to be worth more than 900,000 euros ($1.2 million), hidden in jars.
According to the report in regional daily Paris Normandie, the jars contained six gold bars weighing a kilogramme (2.2 lbs) each, and 600 gold $20 coins from 1924 and 1927.
Rather than alert the owner of the house to their discovery, the workers, aged 20, 33 and 40, decided to steal the treasure and sell it to a coin collector in the area.
But tax officials were alerted when one of the men began depositing high-value cheques.
When investigators caught up with them, the men confessed to their crime, the newspaper said.
Police seized several vehicles, motorcycles and hundreds of thousands of euros from the workers as part of the investigation.
The three will appear at a court in Evreux, northwest of Paris, at an unspecified date. The coin collector will also appear before the court on charges of trying to conceal the theft, which he denies.
Interviewed by Paris Normandie, the owner of the house where the gold was found recounted telling the workers jokingly: "If you find any treasure, you tell me!"

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法国3名工人将以侵犯财产罪被起诉

来自法新社消息——据周一当地新闻报道，3名法国工人将以侵占罪起诉，因为他们私自拿走了在雇主家中发现的宝藏：金条和古金币。

这3名工人，在诺曼底的一所房子里工作几天后，惊奇地发现了藏在多个罐子中的宝藏，据估计，这些财宝价值超过90万欧元（约合120万美元）。

据当地媒体报道，这些罐子中藏有6根分别重一公斤的金条，600枚1924至1927年间的20美元金币。

这三名工人，年龄分别是20岁、33岁和40岁，没有告诉房子的主人他们发现了宝藏，而是偷偷拿走了发现的财宝，并且将其私自卖给了当地的一名收藏家。

但是，当其中的一名工人去转存高额支票时，引起了税务人员的注意。

据媒体报道，警察拘留他们后，三人交代了犯罪经过。

在刑事侦查阶段，警察查封了三名犯罪嫌疑人的多辆豪车和几十万欧元。

这三名嫌疑人将择日在巴黎西北部的埃夫勒省的一个法庭接受审判，届时，那名收藏家也将在该法庭于包庇罪起诉，但他否认曾企图隐瞒财产侵占。

房子的主人在接受媒体采访时，开玩笑地说到：“如果你在我家发现财宝，你，赶快来通知我！”

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There are many comments to blame the man who made the tax officials alert. In fact, I am also thinking what is a good way to avoid the awareness of polices when I get that treasure. But I think there is no chance for me to find buried treasure, because many-storied buildings are here and there with the development of real estate, the urbanization levels are increasing, and even worse, many of pure historic buildings are damaged in our country. More importantly, I am living in the 8th floor.

Actually, I am a little worried about the house where the treasure was found. I think if the owner doesn’t want to search the whole house to every corner, others would be quite willing to help do it, including the underground.

The last idea, I guess the owner of the treasure should make a donation if it happened in our country. Just like winning the lottery, it is the same kind of money. And I search the reasons why those who are likely to donate after winning in the lottery, finding that is to avoid disasters by doing benefactions. So that explains it. Okay, I am calculating the chance of my winning the windfalls, such as picking up money or so forth. Forget it, I like to stay at home. But good luck to you.