Mystery metal monolith vanishes from ancient Turkish site

Turkish police officers guarding the monolith (Bekir Seyhanli/IHA via AP)

A metal monolith that mysteriously appeared on a field in south-east Turkey has now disappeared four days later, according to Turkish media reports.

The three-metre-high metal slab bearing an ancient Turkic script, was found on Friday by a farmer in Sanliurfa province.