With only a screwdriver, he stole the head of the Terracotta General and was eventually arrested and sentenced

"Title Xuanzhou Kaiyuan Temple Water Pavilion Excellency Wanxi Jiaxi Juren" has a saying: "The cultural relics of the Six Dynasties are even empty, and the sky is light and cloudy. "

With the development of the times, in modern society, more and more people have realized the importance of cultural relics.

For the study of a country's history, cultural relics are also indispensable to it.

It can be said that it is precisely because the value of a cultural relic itself is very high, so there will be a prosperous trading scene in the cultural relics market.

For many people, the purpose of their purchase of cultural relics is not to collect, but to make more profits by reselling them

。 In fact, for those cultural relics circulating in the market, it is also understandable to buy and sell. However, there has been a situation on the mainland where some people will obtain valuable cultural relics by stealing.

In Xi'an, there was such a strange thief,

With only a screwdriver, he managed to steal the terracotta warrior's head

After his arrest, he was also given a heavy sentence. So, why did he think of stealing the terracotta warriors, and why did he choose such a low-level method?

When it comes to terracotta warriors, perhaps everyone is not unfamiliar, as an important cultural relics in the history of the mainland, it can be said that the appearance of the terracotta warriors has also played a vital role in the study of continental history. at

After the first discovery of the Terracotta Warriors on the mainland, its exquisiteness not only shocked the Chinese historical circles, but also shocked the whole world.

Looking at the development process of human society, it will be found that no matter in which era, such exquisite craftsmanship is very rare.

Based on the special value of the Terracotta Army, it has also become a key object of cultural relics protection on the mainland.

Generally speaking, no one will have some bad ideas about the Terracotta Army, after all, this is a national protected cultural relic, but there are exceptions to everything, once, there was a thief who committed theft on the Terracotta Army.

And this strange thief is Wang Gengdi

。 As a Native of Shaanxi, he naturally knew from an early age that the Terracotta Warriors were a precious cultural relic. Because Wang Gengdi did not have any real talent and practical learning, and he was not willing to work down-to-earth, as he grew older, Wang Gengdi also became a local gangster.

By chance, Wang gengdi met a person named Quan Xueli, and unlike Wang Gengdi, Quan Xueli had a serious job, and in his spare time, he also had a certain degree of research on antique cultural relics.

In the process of collecting antiques, Quan Xueli had some ideas about the precious terracotta warriors, and after he had a certain understanding of Wang Gengdi, he also believed that Wang Gengdi was the one who could help him get the terracotta warriors.

After some deliberation and persuasion, Wang Gengdi and Quan Xueli reached a consensus.

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On February 17, 987, Wang Gengdi came to the place where the Terracotta Warriors were located with a screwdriver.

At that time, due to the limitations of the technical level, the relevant departments on the mainland were not very strict in the care of the terracotta warriors, which meant that Wang Gengdi had a certain opportunity to take advantage of.

In Wang Gengdi's view, as long as his action was successful, his life would change drastically from then on.

After a full investigation of the location of the terracotta warriors, Wang Gengdi also had a certain familiarity with the local environment, at this time, stealing the terracotta warriors became a very simple thing.

After Wang Gengdi entered the terracotta army storage area, he found that there were no guards around

Therefore, at this time, he took out his prepared screwdriver and found a suitable terracotta army to steal.

In Wang Gengdi's view, the value of the terracotta warriors should all come from its head part, so he decided to take away a terracotta head.

At that time, because the head of this terracotta warrior was relatively large, wang Gengdi was unable to take it away smoothly on the first day. In order not to be discovered, Wang Gengdi also placed the terracotta warrior head on a nearby tree. The next night, Wang Gengdi also quietly took the terracotta warrior head away.

Although in Wang Gengdi's view, his behavior was seamless, after all, in the location of the terracotta warriors, there were so many terracotta warriors in it, and he only took one of the heads. But

What the king did not expect was that what he took away was the most precious general's head among all the terracotta warriors.

Due to the difficulty of making the General Terracotta Warriors, many General Terracotta Warriors have not been found in the process of excavation for many years.

The day after Wang Gengdi committed the theft, the experts in charge of the terracotta warriors discovered the loss of the general's head, and at this time, the local police also quickly organized a police force to arrest the thief.

In order to recover the general's head as soon as possible, the public security department also issued a reward order.

When the news came out, many cultural relics enthusiasts hoped to get this precious general's head.

After stealing the head of the general, Wang Gengdi took Quan Xueli to see this precious general figurine head, and after this, Quan Xueli also promised to find a buyer for this figurine.

That night, Wang Moved the figurine head to an empty warehouse in Lintong, and a few days later, he transferred the figurine head to Zhang Chuanxiu's dormitory.

At that time, Quan Xueli was repeatedly criticized and rejected when looking for a buyer, and after that, Quan Xueli did not participate in the scalping of the general's figurines.

Soon, Zhang Chuanxiu took Tang Ke to the dormitory to check the head of the general's figurine, and at that time, in order to distinguish its authenticity, the two decided to come to the Qinling Museum and the cultural relics market to compare and observe.

Half a month later, Wang Gengdi and Zhang Chuanxiu brought the general's figurine head to Tang Ke's house, and after the agreement of the three of them, they finally decided to sell the general figurine head.

Fifty thousand yuan was given to Wang Gengdi

And the rest is divided equally between Zhang Chuanxiu and Tang Ke.

When Sun Zhenping saw the general's figurine head in Tang Ke's home, he also immediately expressed his willingness to find a buyer for this cultural relic, and shortly thereafter, Sun Zhenping told Fan Chunmei that he had a friend who was selling the general figurine head, hoping to find a buyer, and Fan Chunmei should also do this.

On June 16, 1987, Tang Ke, Sun Zhenping and Fan Chunmei came to the Beixin Hotel to negotiate the price, at that time, all three of them thought that selling for 250,000 yuan was a loss, so they also decided to raise the price again

。 The next day, when the three people planned to sell the general's figurines for 300,000 yuan at the Beixin Hotel, the public security organs also arrested them on the spot.

epilogue

With the development of the times, under the efforts of the relevant departments of the state, more and more people have realized the importance of cultural relics protection, and I believe that in the future days, more and more people will join the ranks of cultural relics protection.

For every country, cultural relics are an important part of its historical research, although through the history books, we can learn some historical stories, but the history carried by cultural relics is more real than those history books.

In modern Chinese society, the protection of cultural relics has become the responsibility and obligation of each of us, and in the face of some acts of destruction of cultural relics, we should also report to the relevant departments in a timely manner, I believe that through everyone's efforts, the mainland's cultural relics protection cause will also have better prospects for development.

Resources

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