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24th April 2015
10:23am BST

According to Yahoo!, the rough and ready toy might not be the only sword in town, with the team believing that a number of swords found in the vicinity points to a fencing school on the grounds.
It’s believed that the school was running in the mid- 1700s, and that a pupil took the toy with them before dropping it into a toilet.
In a statement from Poland’s Regional Office for the Protection of Monuments, the department said:
"It is quite thick and rather large, made of leather and filled with bristles, and has a wooden tip that has preserved in excellent condition. It was probably dropped by someone in the toilet.
"Whether that was by accident or on purpose is anyone’s guess though."
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