一名18岁的比利时学生在布鲁塞尔西北部一座前酿酒厂的污水渠施工中意外发现了价值约900万欧元的黄金宝藏[1]。这批宝藏包括金币、金块和编号金条，被藏在已砌的地下室墙壁内[1]。该学生名叫Kobe，他表示："在周二早上的常规工作中，这完全不是你能预想到的事情"[1]。
宝藏的来源可追溯至19世纪末期[1]。当时酿酒厂的主人特奥菲勒斯·范阿施有意将其隐藏在建筑内部[1]。该酿酒厂从1899年运营至1970年[1]。前市长皮特·博伊斯推测，范阿施家族的财富可能由此保存下来，他说："这肯定是留在了家族内部。如果他们决定将至少一部分资产转换成黄金并将其隐藏在安全的地方，我一点也不会感到惊讶"[1]。
目前这批宝藏已被移交至布鲁塞尔的安全设施[1]。根据比利时法律规定，寻获者需要等待至少5年供潜在所有权人认领[1]。当局仍在查明该宝藏的合法所有权[1]。
An 18-year-old Belgian student named Kobe uncovered a trove of gold worth approximately €9 million while working on sewage construction at a former brewery in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, located about 30 kilometers northwest of Brussels.[1] The cache, deliberately concealed within sealed walls in the underground basement by brewery owner Theophilus Van Assche in the late 19th century, consisted of gold coins, gold bars, and numbered ingots.[1] The discovery was made on a Tuesday morning, prompting Kobe to remark, "It's just not something you expect when you're working on a regular Tuesday morning."[1]
The brewery, known as Brouwershuis, operated from 1899 to 1970.[1] Following the find, the gold was transferred to a secure facility in Brussels, where authorities began determining its rightful ownership.[1] According to Belgian law, a finder must wait at least five years for potential claimants to come forward before claiming the treasure.[1] Piet Buyse, a former local mayor, suggested the hidden gold reflected the brewery owner's family wealth, stating it "certainly stayed in the family. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they had decided to put at least some of it in gold, and then to hide it in a safe place."[1]