Bargain Hunt expert gobsmacked after 'fake' and 'damaged' item makes staggering loss

Bargain Hunt adept Jonathan Pratt was near red-faced aft helium presented a 'fake' point to the Blue squad arsenic his bonus buy, but the mates were having nary of it

Bargain Hunt's adept Jonathan Pratt was near with a reddish look aft dishing up what turned retired to beryllium a "fake" point to the Blue Team arsenic his bonus buy.

The BBC programme's viewers are good alert that a bonus bargain tin crook the tables, acting arsenic a last changeable astatine luck erstwhile contestants whitethorn person reservations astir their archetypal choices.

In today's occurrence (October 3), the Blue Team, joined mates Bruce and Andrea, astir yelled retired to auctioneer Charlie Ross, begging him to disregard the item, realising it was a dud that could outgo them dearly.

Today's Bargain Hunt situation saw Bruce and Andrea look disconnected against household duo Mandie and her lad Jack for the Red Team.

Both teams were connected the prowl for unsocial finds they hoped would bring them triumph astatine the hammer fall, reports Devon Live.

While the Reds struggled initially to prime thing that caught their eye, they did yet marque a bold £180 bid connected a acheronian wood cricket table, leaving their adept Nick Hall open-mouthed with shock, arsenic helium was near with hardly immoderate fund for his peculiar pick.

Conversely, squad Blue showed they weren't shy with their wallet, clinching a bid of insignificant bargains passim the market, including an Italian solid vase, a decoratively painted food dish, and an past bell.

Jonathan was near with a specified £85 to hunt down an auction-worthy item, but his enactment blunder enactment Andrea and Bruce's slim accidental of nett successful adjacent deeper water.

The squad had already faced a hefty £90 stroke earlier successful the day, pinning their hopes connected Jonathan to crook their fortunes astir with his £85 fund for a blistery pick.

Yet, the antique expert's look turned scarlet erstwhile helium realised helium had splashed £70 connected a brace of pottery figures that were fundamentally worthless aft helium missed that they were "fake" and crudely repaired.

Luckily, big Charlie Ross and the auctioneer spotted the contented and alerted the Blue Team that the figures mightiness not beryllium the aureate summons they needed, prompting Jonathan to measurement up and admit his slip-up.

The adept owned up: "The happening astir these things is, they person tons of extremities, and the extremities get damaged ok, truthful you volition find with thing similar this determination is ever going to beryllium a small spot of damage.

"It seems determination is simply a small spot much than I had recognised erstwhile I bought them, truthful I'm acrophobic there's been a spot of repair to her limb and I deliberation a spot of a repair to his arm."

With each eyes connected him, Jonathan fto slip: "I paid £70 for them."

Bruce was speechless, portion Andrea enquired: "And however overmuch bash you deliberation they are going to make?"

He candidly admitted to her: "I deliberation the sensible estimation would astir apt beryllium successful the £30-£40 mark."

Host Charlie couldn't incorporate his amusement astatine the gaffe, leaving Bruce shaking his caput successful disbelief. With a chuckle, Charlie queried: "So what's the decision, are you going with them? " To which the Blue squad responded successful unison, shouting: "No, no, no."

Upon the auctioneer's scrutiny of the items and his skepticism astir the "restoration", Jonathan conceded: "I didn't expect that they are astir apt lone astir 20 percent original."

Bargain Hunt is disposable to ticker connected BBC iPlayer.