Supakorn Chuayphom, 32, from a nearby village, said he found one gold sheet of about two baht-weight (about one ounce), which he sold for more than 40,000 baht.
Yok Phetcharta, 77, a villager in tambon Khok Muang of Khao Sonchai district, said her parents and some elderly people in her area said the spot where the gold was found was originally wetland forest.She believed that the treasure belonged to Malaysian people who had planned to donate the gold to cover the top of a pagoda at Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.
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