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Ancient Buddhist temple stone sells for $845,000!

London, Apr 25: An ancient Buddhist artefact which was being used as a doorstep and was valued at 30,000 pounds has been sold for more than 500,000 pounds.The granite relic was given to Bronwen Hickmott's

ancient buddhist temple stone sells for 845 000 ancient buddhist temple stone sells for 845 000
London, Apr 25: An ancient Buddhist artefact which was being used as a doorstep and was valued at 30,000 pounds has been sold for more than 500,000 pounds.



The granite relic was given to Bronwen Hickmott's parents by a tea planter who returned to Britain from Sri Lanka in the 1950s. She inherited the 2.4m-long stone from her mother and father and began using it as a doorstep at her home in Exeter, Devon - affectionately calling it "the pebble", Daily Mail reported.

An expert spotted the one tonne stone in a photograph and later confirmed it was actually a Buddhist temple step - up to 1,300 years old.

It was put up for auction with a pre-sale estimate of 30,000 to 50,000 pounds, but sold Tuesday for over 10 times as much -- 553,250 pounds (about $845,300)

Hickmott said she was feeling "over the moon" at the sale.

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