Heritage Hero, but not in the UK Where they do things Differently

Heritage Hero, Nikolay Tarasov

Nikolay Tarasov was fishing in a river near his home in Tisul in Siberia and found an antler statuette probably from the second millennium BC

Tarasov gave the find to the museum without asking for anything in return, because he believes that it's important for people to learn about the history of their country. The Siberian Times noted that the statue is probably worth more than if it was made of gold.

And if it had been and it was found by a UK metal detectorist, the public would now be pondering how to raise the cash to buy the nation's heritage from those that, unlike the Russian fisherman, would hold it to ransom. I guess that's the difference between artefact hunters and accidental finders.

Yasmine Hafiz, 'Pagan God From Bronze Age Caught By Unsuspecting Fisherman In Siberia', Huffington Post 27th May 2014.