Athens - A Greek fisherman must have been expecting a monster of a catch when he brought up his nets in the Aegean Sea last week.
Instead, Greek authorities say his haul was a section of a 2,200-year-old bronze statue of a horseman.
A Culture Ministry said the accidental findwas made in waters between the eastern islands of Kos and Kalymnos. The fisherman handed over the corroded metal figure to authorities, who have started the cleaning process.
Dating to the late 2nd century BC, the statue represented a male rider wearing ornate breast armour over a short tunic and armed with a sheathed sword. The trunk of the horseman and his raised right arm have survived.
