Antiques Roadshow guest emotional after learning value of father's war medals

The son of Sikh soldier Naik Gian Singh admitted on the BBC show: "I never thought it would be worth that much. I was crying."

Video transcript

- Actually just to see one out of a case in a museum is an incredible treat because it is the Victoria Cross, the highest award this country has for bravery. Who was this man?

- It's my father Captain Gian Singh's Victoria Cross.

- It's a quarter of a million pounds.

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- Wow. When he valued I was surprised. I was in tears actually. I was crying.

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