The man behind the discovery marmerki museum curator bartlomiej plebanczyk believes he has found the location of one of history s greatest spoils of war the lost amber room.
Amber room mosaic found.
The mosaic came into the hands of the russian authorities and was used in the reconstruction effort.
The amber room s marble mosaic was recovered last year when the son of a former german officer put it up for sale in bremen apparently unaware of its origin.
The amber room however had only been minimally renovated.
The walls however remained unadorned zhuravlov 2006.
Treasure hunters claim to have found a hatch to an underground room or bunker in poland that s been sealed for decades in which they hope to discover the contents to the amber room one of the most beautiful and elaborate rooms in history so dazzling that it has been described as the eighth wonder of the world.
The imitation amber mosaic painting over the cornices had been redone and the parquet floors decorated ceilings and mirrored pilasters were all restored as closely as possible to the original designs.
They raided the office of the seller s lawyer and found one of the room s mosaic.
In 1997 a group of german art detectives got a tip that someone was trying to hawk a piece of the amber room.
The only item that has been found in the installation s wake is a mosaic panel discovered in 1997 by german art detectives but there was no indication as to its provenance.
Known as one of the florentine.
Originally presented by maria theresa of austria the elaborate panels.
In 1997 an italian stone mosaic that was part of a set of four stones which had decorated the amber room was found in germany in the possession of the family of a soldier who claimed to have helped pack up the amber chamber.
A german police sting operation in bremen in 1997 turned up one of the amber room s four jeweled florentine mosaic panels.