India police seeking last king’s stolen lunchbox

    Police in India are searching for a lunchbox that belonged to a former royal family.

    The gold, diamond-studded object was stolen from a museum in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad – along with a ruby and gold teacup, saucer and teaspoon. The items are estimated to be worth $7 million. 

    They belonged to Mir Osman Ali Khan - the last Nizam (king )of Hyderabad - and once the richest man in the world. 

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