Un EQUIPO de cazadores de tesoros podría estar a punto de desenterrar el “tesoro más grande del mundo”, cuyo valor se dice que vale 15 mil millones de libras esterlinas.

El equipo, conocido como el “Templo de los Doce”, ha estado buscando en Finlandia el “Tesoro Lemminkainen”, que consta de oro, joyas y artefactos desde 1987.

El ‘Templo Doce’ cree que podrán encontrar el valioso tesoro el próximo año Crédito: SWNS

Se cree que el tesoro está escondido en algún lugar del sistema de cuevas de Sibbosberg. Crédito: SWNS

Carl Borgen es la principal autoridad mundial en Lemminkainen Hoard Crédito: SWNS

Si se descubre el tesoro, se cree que será el botín más valioso jamás encontrado.

El grupo ha pasado los veranos buscando el tesoro, trabajando seis horas al día, siete días a la semana.

Se cree que el enorme tesoro incluye unas 50.000 piedras preciosas, entre ellas rubíes, zafiros, esmeraldas y diamantes.

También se cree que forman parte del tesoro alrededor de 1.000 artefactos que datan de miles de años, junto con varias estatuas de oro de 18 quilates de tamaño natural.

Los miembros del grupo han viajado de todo el mundo, incluidos Rusia, Australia, Estados Unidos, Suecia, Noruega, Alemania y Países Bajos, para unirse a la caza.

La autoridad líder mundial en Lemminkainen Hoard, Carl Borgen, ha detallado las vidas de los cazadores y el tesoro en su libro Temporarily Insane.

Borgen, 60, told The Mirror: “I understand that significant progress at the temple has been made and that the crew are feeling especially excited about the months ahead.

“There is now talk in the camp of being on therink of a major breakthrough, which in real terms could be the discovery of the world’s largest and most valuable treasure trove.”

The existence of the treasure was acknowledged in 1984 when landowner Ior Bock claimed his family were direct descendants of Lemminkäinen, who appear in Finnish pagan mythology.

Bock claimed the chamber on his estate had been sealed up with stone slabs in the 10th century to protect the treasure from invaders.

Where the treasure hunters are searching for the hoard

Bock, who was a quadriplegic following a stabbing in June 1999, was 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ed by his former assistants in 2010 but the search for the treasure continued after his death.

Born in 1942, Bock was something of an eccentric figure and seen as a ‘mystic’ and worked as a tour guide at the island fortress of Suomenlinna.

He claimed he was descended from a family line that went back to ancient pagan times which is depicted in the Bock sagas.

It’s thought the hoard is hidden somewhere in the Sibbosberg cave system, 20 miles east of the Finnish capital Helsinki.

UNDERGROUND TEMPLE

The stash is believed to be located in an underground temple in Sipoo.

Inside the temple there is meant to be a spiraling hallway with small rooms off it where the stash, collected over the generations is stored.

The last time the collection was added to is said to have been in 987AD when the hall was filled and the entrance sealed and hidden.

Countless official explorations trying to find the treasure have taken place over three decades and involving more than 100 professional prospectors from around the world.

The group is now believed to be just metres away from unearthing the treasure and think next summer could be the time when it is uncovered.

The original group which started excavation work in 1987 consisted of 24 people, 12 men and 12 women, although only two of the original team now remain.

WHO WAS LEMMINKAINEN?

Lemminkainen in a key figure in Finnish mythology and one of the heroes of the Kalevala.

It’s thought he is something of a composite figure, made up from various figures in ancient Finnish oral poetry.

He is usually seen as a shamanistic figure, often depicted as being young and handsome with wavy red hair.

In one myth he drowns in the river Tuonela, part of the Underworld trying to capture or 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 the black swan that lives there as he tries to win a daughter of Louhi as his wife.

Another tale see Lemminkainen battle the ferocious beast Surma – a large dog with a snake’s tale and could people to stone with just a stare – who guarded the gates of the Tuonela to prevent escape.

The Temple Twelve are expected to return to the site in May next year and resume working there in September.

Treasure hunters first started looking for the hoard in 1987 Credit: SWNS

El terrateniente Ior Bock afirmó que su familia era descendiente directa de Lemminkäinen. Crédito: SWNS

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