in august 2016 bones were found in the leineschloss during a renovation project; it was believed that the bones were the remains of philip christoph von königsmarck, the lover of the wife of the later king george i of great britain who was killed there in july, 1694. however, subsequent tests proved that some of the bones were from animals, while the human bones came from at least five different skeletons. none have been proven to belong to königsmarck.