Girl finds gold bar while swimming in German lake

A teenager has made an unexpected find while swimming in a lake in the German Alps – a 500g (17.6oz) bar of gold.

Girl finds gold bar while swimming in German lake

A teenager has made an unexpected find while swimming in a lake in the German Alps – a 500g (17.6oz) bar of gold.

Police said they are still trying to figure out where the bar comes from and how it got into the Koenigssee lake, a popular tourist destination near Berchtesgaden on the border with Austria.

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