Vladimir Putin's widely publicised discovery of ancient Greek vases while on a Black Sea diving expedition was staged, his chief spokesman has admitted.
The Russian prime minister had posed for cameras with the pottery fragments, after his August dive in the Kerch Strait that connects the Black and Azov seas.
In footage of the dive, Mr Putin holds two fragments of what are said to be 6th century B.C. Greek jugs and says 'the boys and I found them' in about six feet of clear water.
'The boys and I found them': But Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin's treasure find of two ancient Greek amphorae on his Black Sea dive was staged, his chief spokesman has admitted
Action man: Mr Putin embarking on his dive at the underwater archaeological site at Phanagoria on the Taman Peninsula, Russia in August
But his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview shown Tuesday on the Dozhd TV channel that the jugs had been found earlier by archaeologists and placed there for Mr Putin.
'Look, Putin didn't find down there jugs that had lain there for many thousands of years. It's obvious,' Mr Peskov said in response to questions from the interviewers.
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