In Shaoxing Antique Row, Zhang Ming (a pseudonym) vision is a famous poison. Is it an old thing? Ancestral or unearthed? He looked at it, he could tell it was pretty close.
This summer, however, he was taken away by the police.The owner of another antique shop. In Shaoxing antique industry has always been booming, this incident caused a sensation. Yesterday, Shaoxing police released the details of a tomb robbery. In this case is called “Shaoxing history of the largest tomb, sale of cultural relics", a total of 124 people were arrested, cracked large and small tomb 144 cases, 1335 artifacts seized. Of these, 99 are at the national level, 9 are at the secondary level, and some may even be at the national level.
Most of the grave robbers in the case were locals of Shaoxing, who used the Luoyang shovel to steal the tomb, which belonged to the“southern faction”of the Tomb Raider faction, police said.In the novel, these people are called "Ghoul".Shaoxing has thousands of years of history, many ancient sites, grave robbers it is the hand to these places, a lot of harm.
A small hole in the mountain
That led to the Tomb Raider.
One day in April this year, Wang Mao, who lives in a remote mountain village in pingshui town of Shaoxing, went up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots.The broken legs of the Wang grandmother more and more doubts, the mountain said less also walked for decades, a few days ago passing here, have not seen a hole?So called the police.
When the police arrived, they confirmed that it was a burglary hole. Shaoxing is a historical and cultural city, the territory of the tomb has always been a grave thief in the " golden nest”.In order to this small hole, Shaoxing police invited experts in the protection of the material, after careful investigation, not only confirmed that this is a hole, but the perpetrators are still very professional. In the continuous visits, the police found more and more "stolen cave", shengzhou police alone to sort out more than 100 stolen tombs.
Yuejing, Keqiao, Shangyu...... a series of grave robberies, this case is not simple. Shaoxing police set up a task force, after three months of touching row, found that there are 5 gangs involved, hundreds of suspects. These gangs entrenched in Shaoxing City and the surrounding urban area generation, organized, combined with theft, specialized dig ancient tombs, reselling cultural relics.
On July 22, Shaoxing Public Security organized more than 800 police officers to concentrate on the case, a total of 106 suspects were arrested on the day of digging ancient tombs, reselling cultural relics, seized more than 400 pieces of cultural relics. Since then, there have been people arrested.
According to the police, the operation is the largest in the history of Shaoxing Public Security to dig ancient tombs, reselling cultural relics crime scale of a concentrated crackdown.
More than 1,000 artifacts recovered
No shortage of priceless treasures.
In this case, the police seized a total of 1,335 artifacts. Among them, the three relics 99 pieces, the two relics 9 pieces, among them there are long history, valuable treasures.
For example, the Public Security Bureau of Yucheng seized“portrait mirror", the "Wuyue hegemony " history engraved on the mirror, Gou Jian, Fu Chai, Fan Li, Wu zixu and other historical figures vivid, lifelike, after the verification of the scriptures, was identified as "museum level." Shengzhou police seized a bronze mirror, identified as Wei Jin Dynasty, dating back 1800 years, has a high archaeological and historical research value. Keqiao police confiscated exquisite porcelain, as many as more than 20 pieces, from the spring and autumn to the Three Kingdoms period, the work is very elegant. "In these artifacts, there are a few may still national level cultural relics, is still in the identification. The case officer said.
Grave robbers are mostly locals.
The use of Luoyang shovel crime means clever
Most of the tomb raiding gangs, captured by the police, are made up of Shaoxing locals. "They tend to understand the history of Shaoxing quite clearly, some ordinary people seem to be nowhere, they know there are tombs. Shaoxing City Public Security Bureau Criminal Investigation Brigade a case officer said, in addition, hueiji mausoleum, Dayu mausoleum, small yellow mountain Tomb group, etc., are more famous in Shaoxing into pieces of the Tomb group, but also to help people often crime place.
According to the confession, their crime area covers Yuecheng, Keqiao, Shangyu, shengzhou, Zhuji and Hangzhou, Ningbo, Huzhou and Jiangxi provinces. In a desolate place, during the day, if the thief is around the village, he uses the method of night-time theft.
A cultural relics industry sources told reporters that these Tomb gang in Shaoxing, dubbed the“folk geological team", they are in small groups, the number of more surprising."Most of these grave robbers in the village are some good gambling lazy people do, dream of flourishing overnight."
In addition, Tomb Raider generally have a homemade "detector" - Luoyang shovel. This is a thin rod made of steel or stainless steel and other materials, can be telescopic, the top is the handle, and the bottom has a spearhead almost Spire, easy to insert underground. "The Luoyang shovel into the cemetery, pull out, the tip will bring out the soil or brick at the end, knowledgeable people look at the composition, you can initially determine the age of the tombs, and then decide whether to ’do it'."Not only that, the shovel can also determine the size of the Tomb."
Senior Tomb Raider prosecutor：
Grave robbers have an incalculable interest in cultural destruction.
Yesterday, Qian Jiang evening reporter interviewed Shaoxing County Prosecutor's office a prosecutor, he hosted the county multiple Tomb cases, experience is very rich. For Shaoxing frequent tomb robber cases, he conducted such an analysis：
First of all, Shaoxing excavate the ancient tombs frequently, and Shaoxing history and culture, the geographical location and those beautiful legends related, such as Keqiao Xiangli, according to legend for Xiang Yu called the army place, many criminals are listening to those stories spread to find traces, in their eyes this is the "treasure".
Second, from the point of view of the subject of the criminals, the criminals in the case of excavation of ancient tombs mostly local unemployed villagers, so the local villages, mountains are very familiar with.
Third, criminals are usually equipped with a set of simple but complete tools, probe, hoe, shovel, etc., these tools are enough to make a grave beyond recognition, resulting in a certain historical, artistic, cultural value of the Tomb destroyed, the loss of incalculable.