An Antiques Roadshow owner was left "gobsmacked" to discover a damaged figure was worth a staggering amount of money.
The guest brought two pieces of Buddhist art to expert John Axford and he immediately said: "I'm excited."
The owner explained that she had inherited the pieces from her grandfather and that they had come from Calcutta.
READ MORE: Dad in disbelief after being quoted £71,000 for Cornwall staycation
John said the two pieces were "really quite old" and said: "This was made not long after the Norman conquest, it's probably 12th century, it's really old, it's the Antiques Roadshow and that's a proper antique.
"It was made in Nepal or Tibet or North India, it's a Buhhdist deity and I think it represents Tara.
"The figure itself is inset with semi precious stones, some turquoise and garnet, but some are missing."
John then turned to the next figure and said it was probably from the 15th or 16th century so not as old as the previous piece, but still "pretty old."
The guest then asked what the value of the two pieces would be.
John said: "Well they are old, there's a problem at the back there is a piece missing and it's a shame that's not there, so that does affect it.
"But this plaque, I think we're probably looking around the £5,000 mark for that.
"The figure here, as I said it's such a shame that it's missing a part from the back, so we're probably only looking at in excess of £50,000."
The crowd gasped and the owner looked stunned as she said "flipping heck."
John said he had seem similar figures with all the pieces complete fetch £100,000 but that he didn't want to get her hopes up too much.
Afterwards the owner said: "Well he said it was in the region of £50,000 which I was absolutely gobsmacked at, I was amazed, I expected perhaps a few thousand yes, but certainly not that value.
*Antiques Roadshow is available to watch on BBC iPlayer
