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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A French treasure hunter has sued the estate of New Mexico antiquities dealer Forrest Fenn, who sparked a yearslong search by hiding a chest filled with gold, coins and other valuables.
Bruno Raphoz is seeking $10 million in a U.S. complaint filed last week.
He claims the late Forrest Fenn deprived him of the riches by moving the treasure chest after he solved a riddle that would lead him to the loot.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that it comes a year after another man found the treasure in Wyoming.
Raphoz claims Fenn’s announcement last year that the treasure was found was suspicious and suspects Fenn kept the loot.
