This latest “Discovery” of Abbé Saunière's “Treasure” needs to be verified and authenticated by the French Ministry of Culture, to demonstrate it is not a work of fantasy and wishful thinking.

Undoubtedly there will be many more such “Treasure Discoveries” in the following centuries to come, with the embarrassments becoming bigger and bigger.

When the Loch Ness craze took over during the 1930s, it can only be presumed that it was announced from the get-go by the relevant local Limnologists that there was not enough sustenance in Loch Ness to feed one Loch Ness Monster – never mind a whole colony – for there needs to be a colony of monsters if only one monster is sighted in Loch Ness. This did not stop the Loch Ness Monster craze.

The embarrassment of Rennes-le-Château grows, grows and GROWS.