The £20m Faberge Easter egg that was nearly melted for scrap

A Faberge Easter egg which once belonged to Russian royalty but was feared lost or destroyed is to go on display for the first time in more than 100 years.

                          Incredibly beautiful!

A scrap metal dealer in the United States bought the egg for about £8,000 ($14,000) thinking he could melt it down for gold.

It was only after reading a newspaper article that he realised its value; one of just 50 made for the Russian Royal family, it has recently been sold for around £20m.

That article was written by BBC reporter Roya Nikkhah who has taken a close-up look at the egg with Kieran McCarthy, director of Wartski.