The famous treasure hunter was sentenced to 11 years in prison

Kuhsar Badfar, nicknamed “Poirot”, one of the biggest illegal diggers in the cyberspace with more than one million followers in the cyberspace, was condemned by the judicial authorities. Badfar, who is currently a fugitive, has been sentenced to 11 years and 6 months in prison, 80 million fines and 75 lashes.

According to the report of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Poirot, who is one of the biggest treasure hunters of cyberspace and has more than one million followers on virtual networks including Instagram, launched the biggest treasure hunting caravan in Iran years ago. He was engaged in illegal digging, buying and selling of historical monuments, promoting treasure hunting devices, publishing lies in virtual spaces and insulting cultural heritage officers and officials without paying attention to the regulatory agencies.

Now, based on the ruling issued by the primary court and judicial authorities regarding the complaint of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of Kermanshah province, the ruling of Kohsar Badfar nicknamed Poirot has been issued.

This ruling states:

The accused has many Instagram pages, with a significant number of followers, he is active in the field of buying and selling and extracting historical objects, and for years, he has been publicly making extensive advertisements to loot the nation’s antique and historical objects, and through cyberspace with The addressee goes to historical places and excavates and at the same time broadcasts live and starts explaining to the viewers how to excavate and loot historical property. Also, insulting the officers of the cultural heritage protection unit, making fun of the cultural heritage institutions, calling the cultural heritage officers bribe-taking and drunk, intentional assault, insulting people and participating in a group fight are some of the other actions of this person, based on which the Bison Court made its decision. issued.”

The court verdict states:

The accused is sentenced to three and nine months of imprisonment for 1- digging and exploration with the intention of obtaining historical property, 2- buying and selling of historical and cultural property resulting from unauthorized digging and three years and nine months of imprisonment, 3- assisting in excavation and exploration to obtain historical property to 4- defamation, a fine of 80 million Tomans, 5- publishing falsehoods through computer to two years of imprisonment, and 6- insulting officers, to 74 lashes.

These rulings are preliminary and the defendant can request an appeal and retrial.