Explorers, led by Piotr Koper from Poland and Andreas Richter from Germany, have begun digging at a site located in south-western Poland where they believed a train from the Nazis containing stolen treasure is located.
According to BBC News, with the "very promising" results from the ground-penetrating radar they used, Koper and Richter claimed that the train may have been hidden in a tunnel in 1945. Taking place near the city of Walbrzych, 10 days might be all it takes to finish the dig.
Since World War Two, the Nazis had constructed many tunnel complexes near Walbrzych. It was possible that the train containing the loot (gold, gems and weapons) would have been buried in one of those tunnels.
However, The Guardian reported last December that Prof Janusz Madej from Krakow's AGH University of Science and Technology mentioned in a press conference that there is no geological evidence of the train.
Before speaking at the press conference, Madej had a team of scientists from the mining academy spending a month at the site surveying the area with geological equipment to scan the spot where Koper and Richter claimed they had found the train. The treasure hunters, however, still insisted on the existence of the treasure train, claiming that the readings of the scientists are "different because the methodological approach was not the same" as theirs.
Madej respected the treasure hunters' dedication and work and even said that the research is "credible". However, he also added that there was a possibility that the presence of the power cables nearby may have affected their equipment.
No evidence of the Nazi gold trains have surfaced yet in any surviving documents, but locals in the area have made the legend survive today. Koper and Richter also claimed that they knew the location of the train thanks to the information of local resident who contacted them.
Around August last year, the men, with the help of their lawyer, wrote to Polish government to appeal for finder's fee of 10 percent of the treasure once it is found.
Additionally, Discovery Channel has also signed exclusive rights to film the revealing and opening of the train.
