In 2018, art collector Laura Young bought this sculpture for $34.99 (£28.30) from a Goodwill store in Texas. Young suspected the statue was very old and spent the next few years getting it appraised by experts at auction houses and universities. But it turned out to be even older than she'd thought. According to a German museum, the bust dates from around the first century BC, making it an authentic Roman artwork.
Although the identity of the model has been disputed, the piece was discovered to have belonged to King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who built a full-sized replica of a Pompeiian house in the 1800s. The house was bombed during World War II and this bust somehow made its way to Austin, Texas. The Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens, and Lakes has agreed to lend the statue to the San Antonio Museum of Art until 2023 when it will finally return to Germany.