UK musician Stephen Morris received his 310-year-old 310-pound violin (£ 323,000) after leaving it on a train in London.

The violin made by famous craftsman David Tecchler in 1709, was abandoned on a train from London to Orpington on October 22, when Mr. Morris got off Penge East station.

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Musician Stephen Morris and his violin Photo: Stephen Morris.

The British Transport Police (BTP) published a photo taken from a security camera showing a man allegedly taking the guitar when the train reached Bromley South station, then asked the person to contact. Social media users also called for returning the guitar.

On October 31, Mr. Morris suddenly received a message on Twitter saying: "I recognize the person in the picture, maybe the person I know. I want to help. I know how it feels to forget something worthwhile on." a train ".

For the next 24 hours, Morris continued to keep in touch with the message sender. This person claims to be "Gene" instead of using his real name and is suspected to be the one who took the guitar. "Gene" agreed to meet Morris on November 1 in a parking lot near Beckenham train station.

A group of plainclothes police were arranged around the rendezvous in case the handover went wrong. However, "Gene" came to Morris's hand and handed the guitar to the 51-year-old musician.

"He was extremely sorry and said he wanted to return it to me directly. It ended happily," Morris said. "I feel a little hurt and hurt. I haven't slept a lot since I lost the guitar."

Morris added that the guitar was still intact and that he would celebrate with the return of his precious item.