The Becov castle in Becov nad Teplou village, Western Bohemia. — AFP picBECOV NAD TEPLOU (Czech Republic), June 12 — It reads like a thriller.
Czech aristocrats with Nazi links hastily flee their castle in the final days of World War II, first hiding their treasures including an extraordinary stash of 19th-century wines.
Four decades on, communist secret police in a state hungry for cash act on a tip-off and find a priceless reliquary buried in the castle’s… (View original article)