A 13-year-old boy has finally found a 'holy grail' Lego plastic octopus piece 26 years that disappeared into the sea from a shipping container in the 1990s.

He told PA he was ‘happy’ to discover the small toy – one of almost 5,000,000 pieces of Lego that tipped into the ocean in the 1997 ‘Great Lego Spill’ after a rogue wave hit a cargo ship ...

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Liutauras Cemolonskas was 'happy' to find a rare Lego octopus in Cornwall which was one of around five million pieces that fell into the sea during a storm in 1997 ...

Beachcomber, 13, finds ‘holy grail’ Lego octopus washed ashore from 1997 spill Nearly five million pieces of Lego spilled into the sea in 1997 when a cargo ship encountered a storm. Close ...

Among the Lego pieces that fell into the sea were 352,000 pairs of flippers, 97,500 scuba tanks, and 92,400 swords – but octopuses are the most prized objects as only 4,200 were onboard.

A rare piece of Lego which fell into the sea more than 25 years ago has washed up on a beach in Cornwall. Thirteen-year-old Liutauras found the plastic octopus in Marazion after a two-year long ...