The $ 1.8 million statue was forgotten in the old warehouse

The $ 1.8 million bust found in an old warehouse in Scotland is on display at the French Louvre museum.

The John Gordon masterpiece is worth $ 1.8 million.(Photo: SWNS).

The statue, worth nearly $ 2 million, was written by French sculptor Edme Bouchardon in 1728 and will be exhibited at the Louvre in Paris, France and the Paul Getty J Museum in Los Angeles, USA, before returning to Scotland. next year, according to Mirror.

Maxine Smith, a member of the local council, found the bust of the landlord and congressman John Gordon in a mansion in the village of Balintore, Easter Ross, Scotland 18 years ago.

"I asked the local council where the old ropes and chains were kept and a board member told me to try to find this warehouse. I took the door key, found the rope and the statue suddenly protruded from the door. I informed the local council to prevent the statue from being stolen because it looked so valuable, " Smith said.

According to Smith, the statue cost $ 260,000 at the time of its birth and could be mixed in a warehouse in the late 1980s or early 1990s when the council was much disturbed."I just realized the value of the statue a year ago. It was an unexpected and praiseworthy news that I found the statue before it was stolen , " Smith said.