Fraudster metal detectorist sentenced after passing off modern reproductions bought online as Roman artefacts

A man who claimed to have found a significant Roman brooch while metal detecting in Lincolnshire has been sentenced after admitting he had actually bought the item on eBay.

In 2019 the horse brooch was hailed as an incredibly rare find with just one other known, in the Bri…

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