Inspecting the chest revealed a false bottom that, when removed, yielded 17gold pieces 29 silver and 10 copper. The parchment in the journal was faded, but with some light dusting was found to be in common. The last entry was dated some hundred years ago: "Never find...beyond the statues...no one... their mechanism..." Most of it was too faded to read, but the entry seemed to indicate whoever the architect was thought himself or was thought of as very clever.