Jug valued at £100 sells for over £3m

A RARE crystal jug mistakenly valued at £100 (€130) in January, has sold for more than £3 million (€3.8m) at auction.

The carved rock crystal ewer, one of the most desirable works of art from the Islamic world, was believed to be a cheap French claret pitcher when it was originally put up for sale in Somerset.

It fetched £220,000, (€282,000) but this was still a bargain and luckily for the original owners, the sale was declared void.