Police searching for an ancient Holy Grail relic raid pub, only to discover it was an old salad bowl

The Daily Telegraph brings this awesome news:

A village pub was raided by police hunting for an ancient Holy Grail relic, only for them to discover it was just an old salad bowl.

The team of 12 officers accused pub workers of hiding the stolen Nanteos Cup, claimed to be the cup Christ drank from at the Last Supper.

Police and a dog handler locked all the staff inside while they searched every inch of the 15th century pub in their hunt for the stolen relic.

But after an hour the only thing they found that looked like the missing mediaeval cup was a wooden bowl used to serve mixed salad to customers.

Wisely the landlady said,

If somebody had stolen something as priceless as the Holy Grail I don’t think it would be on show in my pub.

Just goes to show, you don’t need a sumo suit for a great headline.