Antiques Roadshow guest stunned at staggering value of charity shop 'fancy dress' earrings

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A guest on BBC's Antiques Roadshow was left in hysterics when she discovered the staggering value of her item - a pair of "fancy dress" earrings she picked up from a charity shop in Australia.

The popular BBC series had a visitor who had travelled all from Perth, Australia, on a recent episode but luckily, it was worth the long trip as she found out the earrings she purchased for a "fancy dress party" were actually worth thousands.

Expert Susan Rumfitt assessed the guest's item and insisted the jewellery was "glamorous" and in fact, "real" diamonds - despite the visitor assuming they'd only be worth "around "$10 (£5).

The Aussie visitor revealed: "I've actually come over for a family wedding but I wanted to come to the Antiques Roadshow so I brought some earrings that I bought three years ago." The guest explained that she had bought them for a "fancy dress party", sharing: "The theme was 'op shop glamour' so we had to find something in the op shop that was glamorous that we could wear and that's my op shop glamour." Expert Susan replied: "Wonderful, well I'm really pleased you've brought them along, obviously jewellery's my thing, love them.They look so glamorous and I bet you looked fantastic when you were at the party." She went on to add: "I've had a really good look at them and obviously I've come to my own conclusions about what they are through knowledge and experience of looking at these pieces." Susan continued: "So I have got one of these, which is a thermal tester and through heat it will differentiate between paste and diamond and it's going to make a series of noises and that'll help us determine one way or the other, what they are." Susan then proceeded to use the gadget on the earrings to determine if they.