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In 2021, Yunnan men dug 2 ancient tombs in one night, obtained 23 cultural relics, and sold them for a profit of 80,000 yuan

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November 2021, Yunnan Province

Near the tomb of Wang Jiazu in Daqiaotou Village, Tongchang Township, Yimen County, there is a man dressed in black wearing a mask walking around, and he looks like he knows that he is not a good person.

This person is a native of Kunming, Yunnan, Zou Kai, and the purpose of this trip must have been guessed by everyone, tomb robbery.

In 2021, Yunnan men dug 2 ancient tombs in one night, obtained 23 cultural relics, and sold them for a profit of 80,000 yuan

Zou Kai, who was 29 years old at the time, although he was not very old, he was a veteran in the tomb robbery industry. He has 3 years of experience in tomb robbery, but during this time he has not robbed tombs because of the epidemic. Just dragging it out like this is not enough, and the money on hand is almost exhausted.

Just at this time, Zou Kai heard something from a friend and said that it was there

Yimen County Tongchang Township Copper Factory Village Committee Daqiaotou Village has one

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Ancestral tombs, there are many ancient tombs inside, he immediately moved the mind of robbing tombs.

On November 19, Zou Kai drove the vehicle to the destination and successfully found the tomb of Wang Jiazu. He then walked around for a few days, identifying the specific target of the excavation and making a mark.

In 2021, Yunnan men dug 2 ancient tombs in one night, obtained 23 cultural relics, and sold them for a profit of 80,000 yuan

At nine o'clock in the evening of November 22, Zou Kai quietly came to the tomb of the Wang family ancestor and began to excavate the ancient tomb according to the mark he had made. As mentioned above, he was a veteran, so the excavation went very smoothly, and it took only an hour to enter the tomb and remove 8 pieces of jade and 11 pieces of gold from it.

Seeing that the time was still early, Zou Kai immediately began to excavate a small tomb next to this ancient tomb, the second tomb did not have a burial chamber, but he still found 4 pieces of porcelain from the coffin, and the two ancient tombs together dug up a total of 23 cultural relics.

After meticulously disposing of the scene, Zou Kai left the place with cultural relics. On November 25, he returned to Kunming, found a cultural relics dealer he knew well, and sold the cultural relics for 80,000 yuan.

In 2021, Yunnan men dug 2 ancient tombs in one night, obtained 23 cultural relics, and sold them for a profit of 80,000 yuan

It's over, but it's far from over. On January 9, 2022, Zou Kai was arrested while robbing a tomb in Hubei Province, and knowing that he could not get away with it, he confessed to the ancient tombs he had stolen over the years, including the one mentioned above.

After the incident, the cultural relics were recovered, and after identification, the two stolen tombs were Qing Dynasty tombs, which had high historical value, and the excavations caused great damage to the tombs. Of the 23 cultural relics stolen and excavated, 7 were third-class cultural relics, and the rest were general cultural relics.

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