Woman finds £21,000 diamond in FOREST and uses jewel to pay for her children's weddings

Genda Bai found the gemstone after going out into the forest to collect firewood in India when she came across a remarkable diamond weighing 4 carats 39 cents

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India: A woman shows off a diamond she discovered in the forest

A stunned woman who finds a £21,000 diamond in the forest will use the gemstone to pay for repairs to her home and her children's weddings.

Genda Bai found the gemstone on July 27 after going to the forest to collect firewood in Purushottampur village in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Remarkable footage shows the woman in a red sari holding the diamond between her fingers, as she later hands it to one of the officials who wraps it with a piece of paper.

According to reports, the tribal woman named Genda Bai was out collecting firewood when she came across a diamond weighing 4 carats 39 cents.

Genda Bai found a big diamond while collecting firewood (

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Its estimated price was Rs20,000 (£20,614), while it is expected to fetch over £20,000.

The wife, who often sold firewood and used her wages to pay for repairs, picked it up and rushed home to tell her husband of her find.

The couple could not identify the sparkling stone and went straight to the diamond office, where they met diamond expert Anupam Singh who revealed its true value.

And now the diamond will be sold at an upcoming diamond auction, where it is hoped to fetch a hefty sum for the deserving finder.