A STASH of gold-colored ingots found on a train in France last week and thought to be worth close to 800,000 euros (US$1.04 million) have turned out to be fakes.

   Bomb experts called in to defuse a suspect package on a suburban train on the southern edge of Paris on Friday found the object to be a locked metal box containing what appeared to be 20 kg of gold bars.

   The discovery made waves in French media, prompting speculation as to who could have “mislaid” the bounty, and above all who would get to keep it if the owner could not be found.

   “An expert has found it is not actually gold,” Palaiseau police commissioner Lenaig Le Bail said Tuesday.(SD-Agencies)