It is an artwork that has been shrouded in secrecy for obvious reasons: there are 30 gold bars worth a total of £10,000 buried on the beach in Folkestone and once the tide is out at 4pm on Thursday it's finders keepers.
Organisers of Folkestone Triennial this afternoon revealed details of a project it has been desperately trying to keep secret.
The German artist Michael Sailstorfer has buried gold bullion in the sand of the Outer Harbour beach.
"I think we might well have a lot of people," said the Triennial curator, Lewis Biggs, with understatement.
"It is a participatory artwork. It is about people coming to the beach and digging and possibly finding hidden treasure.
Some people will get lucky, some people will not get lucky – and that's life."
