It takes guts to buy anything at a flea market you’re going to sit or lay on each day. You just never know who or what has been there before you. And really scary, the "what" could still be there waiting to grab you unawares.

However, a Berlin student had the guts and took a chance when she found a flea market sofa deal she just couldn’t pass by.

In getting it to her room or even prior, you’d expect she must have donned gloves and seriously inspected the sofa with cleaning supplies in hand.

Whether she made it that far, the article from DW-WORLD.DE doesn’t say.

What is known is that buried within the sofa bed wasn’t something scary, but something amazingly unbelievable. The find? A 10.2 inch by 15.35 inch (26 cm by 39 cm) painting. And a famous one no less.

The painting was made by an unknown artist between 1605-1620 and is named, "Preparation to escape to Egypt".

Needless to say she parted with the painting, and it sold for $27,630 (19,200 euros) at a Hamburg art auction

The questions is - did she take the money and purchase a new sofa?