Urban explorers find secret underground bunker filled with cars worth over £1m

Ben and Eran run an urban exploration YouTube page and had been eyeing a location for several years, and when they finally went inside they were in for a shock

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Urban Explorers find secret underground treasure trove

Two urban explorers who found an abandoned underground bunker made the discovery of a lifetime – as it was filled with rare cars worth over £1m. Ben and Eran, who run the Lost Adventures YouTube account, had been eyeing up the building in Surrey for some time but it took them years to stump up the courage to take a look inside.

But they were well rewarded for their efforts, as inside they found a Formula One race car, a Bentley, and a car that used to belong to the Malaysian Prime Minister. They also found prototype vehicles and wooden replicas, and a huge sign that read ‘Bristol Cars’ – and it’s now emerged that the vehicles were put in the bunker while they were prepared for auction.

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In their video, Eran said: “I’d had my eye on it for a couple of years, as it looked so interesting.

“We set out to explore the abandoned building with no idea what it was. We jumped down, only to find millions of pounds worth of cars underneath this place.

“You would never see these cars on the road, even if someone bought them. This was a one-chance glimpse of these cars, absolutely mental the amount of money those cars are worth. It’s just crazy.”

Eran said that he didn’t recognise some of the cars as they were so incredibly rare, but later research showed that one was a Proton Perdana which belonged to Dr Mahathir Mohammad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia.

David Fletcher, the auctioneer behind the sale, said the cars are estimated to be worth around £1m.

He said that the bunker had been used as a storage facility for Bristol Cars, but it was ‘very sad’ because it represented the end of the car manufacturer.

Speaking to The Sun, he said: “I’m presiding over the demise of the last independently-owned British car manufacturer, which is a very poignant, historical moment.”

Meanwhile, a pair of urban explorers on an expedition looking at buried Victorian alleyways stumbled upon a cannabis growing room under the streets of one UK city.

Daredevils Matthew Williams and Martin Gavin were picking their way through a subterranean street in Bristol when they discovered the drugs farm.

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The veteran ‘urbexers’ both have YouTube channels where they upload footage of their claustrophobic adventures. Matthew’s is called TheSecretVault, while Martin’s is Explore With Gav.

Matthew shared his video of the expedition with BristolLive but would not divulge where they snuck underground and potential clues to the location are censored throughout the 20-minute recording.

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