A boy sent a pottery to a museum thinking that it was an important discovery and that it was a piece of pipe

A six year old boy found a pottery and sent it to the Romano-Germanic Museum in Cologne in the hope that it would be an important ancient discovery.

"Unfortunately, according to scientific badysis, it is not a fragment of ceramics from the Roman era, but a piece of ceramic water pipe from Cologne dating back more 100 years, "he replied. a letter the address of the museum.

The institution also provided him with more detailed information and advised him to keep the discovery and show it to friends.

The museum's response seemed so kind to the father of the child who posted it on the social network Twitter.

The museum management confirmed the case to the DPA. Children often send such discoveries to the museum and they are always studied, he said.