Top 10 Antiques Roadshow Fails

These antique fails are as old as time! For this list, WatchMojo UK counts down the greatest, most memorable, most shocking and embarrassing fails and mistakes on "Antiques Roadshow". Featuring expert valuations that are way off the mark, blatant forgeries revealed for what they are, and of course... disappointed punters who thought their treasure was worth millions, when really it's worth nothing!
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[@WatchMojoUK]

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[@MixedMediaEnterprise]

The absolute dread of coming across a video you think you want to watch and realising it's a Watchmojo video. The frantic and increasingly panicked rush as I try to find an article with the same title. No luck. The sheer heartbreak of realising you have to watch the damn video after all.

[@mattalan6618]

no one forced you to watch you stupid doo doo poopy smelly head

[@TheCryptoKeeper]

Haha. So true. Did that exact same thing. I hate Mojo. Couldn’t find a different video either.

[@ranchdressing1037]

@@TheCryptoKeeper mojo is like an ass lump that will never surface, and will decay the whole ass

[@RandomPlayIist]

@@TheCryptoKeeper Why do you hate it if it has the exact content you're search for and cannot find?

[@TheCryptoKeeper]

@@RandomPlayIist because it’s the most annoying channel on KZbin.

[@petemarr824]

"I found this up in my loft, can you tell me what it is ?" "Yes, its your water tank"

[@gregbrookman]

😂🤣😂

[@carrieleesaidi5815]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tracih.4488]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@stevencoomber8802]

🤣🤣🤣

[@wanderer1955]

"I found this up in my loft". Dealer. "What is it". Owner. "I think it's my mum. She disappeared in 1961, after a row with my dad, and my dad would not speak about it". Dealer.😳

[@bondfool]

Rule 1 of Antiques Roadshow is “don’t clean your antiques.”

[@62heinkel]

Too much of you talking and showing the minimum of what we're trying to see. I valuate your content at 5/10

[@geoh1896]

Mojo is just a clickbait channel I would give it 0.

[@rodh1404]

To be fair (use), using the minimum amount of someone else's copyright material is EXACTLY what is required by law.

[@BblackSscorpion]

0/10

[@Bob.martens]

I haven't watched this channel for years, and now I know why again.

[@rocketman1179]

For real, just play the damn videos. I can't stand having my intelligence insulted, this idiot rambling on and on explaining what's happening before our eyes, like we can't comprehend what's going on. It's all just clickbait bs to make the video longer so they can shove more advertising down our throats. Jokes on them, I will NEVER buy ANYTHING from any forced ads and I will never return to any Channel that uses these practices, beyond fed up with the never ending advertising everywhere.

[@gerrardholloway2810]

I love when some idiot comes in all like oh this has been in my family for generations it's priceless and are all snooty about it then the expert looks and it's some tin pot worth about £3.50

[@minigrande1939]

I have red bracelets on my arm one made of leather one made of silver absolutely priceless... To me. It's not all about money when you say the word "priceless"

[@onewipe2049]

One day my great, great, great grandchildren will be there with my Old Megadrive games willing to evaluate a piece of history too. It makes my heart warm 😊❤️

[@SamuelBlack84]

I won't even have kids 😄

[@AtheistOrphan]

I remember someone with a complete set of Blue Peter books being told to insure them for £800. I’ve been trying to flog my complete set for a tenth of that for years!

[@Steampunksaly]

They will make good kindling

[@whatyousaidbud]

Insure for £800, then maybe they get stolen??

[@DarthArachnious]

My favorite segments are when people bring something in just to find out what the hell it is.

[@dub_dub1504]

And then it ends up being worth a fortune. Those are my fav.

[@MegaBadgeman]

And to get their faces on telly.

[@englishguy215]

I remember, many years ago, seeing a lady bring in a large painting which she insisted was a John Constable original and got very snooty when informed it was a copy, albeit a good copy. I would love to be able to see that one again.

[@staley101]

I remember watching one at my grans, yoyng couple with a childs victorian pram. It was a modern, not very good copy.

[@BarnSt0rmer]

@@staley101 That's the one I always remember, too.

[@coreycleven8414]

My lest favorite people who come to the show are those who Googled their item and get really cocky about it. It's satisfying when their item isn't what they thought it was.

[@sazfretz1945]

I love Andy McConnell. He has such a brilliant sense of humour.

[@paulroberts3639]

The last one add new meaning to ‘taking the piss’…

[@davidculmer1520]

Lose the commentary. The clips speak for them self.

[@bigpun4780]

The appraiser of the hatchet was a major axe hole

[@clivehaining3195]

I took an old tampax but they don’t do period stuff!

[@halwakka504]

That's a bloody awful pun.

[@BarnSt0rmer]

That's because they're stuck up c* nts.

[@jessicakaemery]

I love Antiques Roadshow, but more often than not I watch it just to see what the objects sell for

[@seamonsterKT]

09:25 sure is a shame for Phoebe Waller Bridge but things worked out for her in the end

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

You missed my favourite - probably understandable as it's most likely lost to the internet by now. In one episode a woman (a right snobby example) claimed to be in the posession a lost Constable painting and that its provenance had been confirmed by some group of expert insurers, and she'd been assured it was worth in the region of ten million. The AR guy took a look at it and it took him all of a few seconds to shoot her down with a resounding "NOPE" and to top it off he commented that the "expert insurers" she'd mentioned did not in fact have sufficient expertise in the field of fine art to adequately appraise the piece. He determined that it was indeed a VERY good piece - almost certainly painted by one of Constable's students - easily worth £250,000 - but not the eight figure sum she smugly hoped she would be told on national television. There's priceless and there's priceless

[@jessebella9322]

lol I love it when its an old biddy and the expert says its worth " fuck all" but I felt really sorry for the wash basin guy, he was cute

[@mryeti1887]

Once my mother in law dies I get all her beanie babies and then I’ll be rich!

[@smithfilms2455]

Would it be possible for you not to comment over the clips so we can properly see people’s reactions, you keep on describing the responses but don’t actually let us watch them.

[@phililpb]

drinking urine was bad but it could have comtained somthing deadly

[@WatchMojo]

You can see the exact moment their heart breaks...

[@graemeking7336]

...and draw some smug satisfaction from that fact

[@YouthPotential]

Poor Ralph Wiggum

[@Missditabomb]

@@graemeking7336 Why?

[@petecabrina]

No you can't most of the time actually, all you see or should I say hear is an excessive amount of narration projecting that these people were disappointed even though it is not necessarily the case, and of course we can not quite tell because we don't actually get to hear what happens on the show because WatchMojo would prefer to talk over it all.

[@TedBackus]

its nuts, why isnt there loads of clips of people finding out their prized possessions are fake aF on youtube? i guess the show must not air them

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

This show always slaps!! Look how close we used to get to people who were coughing without covering their mouths 😣😷

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

The girl from number 2 is basically dobbie from peep show

[@halwakka504]

Yup haha

[@99fruitbat94]

That final one is a witch bottle 😶 They really shouldn't have opened it

[@amorembalming]

wobble your head

[@Clem_Fandango11]

The Banksy one with the guy and the nicked bit of grafitti.

[@sinemacula1964]

The Banksy artwork stolen in Bristol I think it was the guy takes it on to the show clearly to make money from his stolen work and the guy rips him a new one ....... excellent .....that should have been No.1

[@Pugna-cz6gs]

Artwork? 😂

[@tomd6163]

The highboy that was stripped and the value dropped from $100k to $10k

[@kimberleyjanemcnab5343]

It sounds as though the last object (no.1) is in fact what is known as a”witch bottle “. This would be used to counter witchcraft.

[@terranceparsons5185]

Any chance you can not do a commentary as I think we can work out what's happening

[@wisteela]

When I first found out about the bottle of piss one I was like "Yes!". 😁

[@pyewackett5]

Hair, pins & urine. A witch bottle

[@wisteela]

@@pyewackett5 I'd forgotten it was that

[@pyewackett5]

@@wisteela Never watch the programme nowadays - but it's obvious . Well to some anyways ... 😉

[@wisteela]

@@pyewackett5 I've not seen it in ages, and no longer have a TV licence

[@pyewackett5]

@@wisteela Good for you !! 👍 Me too. Don't want to give the bbc a penny.

[@deethebee80]

maybe keep quiet and let us hear the actual clips!!!!!

[@TheWorld-of7dd]

the last one should have smelled it first, before he taste it 😁

[@vincentfreeman2593]

Why the hell would you drink anything out of a 200 year old bottle? He's lucky it was only pee and not some concentrated poison.

[@DarkHelmetgaming]

National park blunder only in the UK? No lets be honest just another attempt by an english broadcaster thinking scotland doesn't exist. Must have stung that one having to own up to one 🤣🤣

[@amandamiller304]

DarkStallker Ornstein she is half scottish the Bruce sirname is a bit of a give away

[@carinaedwards8716]

Seriously 🙄

[@Mr-Foad]

dont worry she will be right about the park soon I can't see Scotland staying with the dreadful uk much longer.

[@amandamiller304]

@@Mr-Foad good bye

[@EazyDuz18]

JUST SHOWS HOW PAPER THIN SKINNED SCOTS ARE

[@tracih.4488]

I'm sure there is nothing like the flavor of the "ancient pee in a bottle". 😀

[@dannygroom3327]

Where were the fails? All I saw was success!

[@shindogoo1899]

I took my grandma, said she was from the 1920’s and she was in original condition. I got £6 for her

[@adam2u]

Wish it was just the clips

[@corvus1238]

Awful commentary. Stop interrupting. Unwatchable.

[@queenpig]

I remember watching this clip, acting all snotty, we just wondering what this is its been in the family for years... Shows a small bass looking vase and a round object with a stick attached to it inside said vase. The appraiser, well thats a small vase and thats a doorknob. the lady was livid if I remember rightly

[@eightw5783]

That was the most memorable one for me too but I remember her just saying, "Oh. Well, we're going to keep it like that as it's been that way for as long as we can remember." But I'll wager it didn't remain like it for too long as much as you love an artefact like that finding out it isn't what you imagine certainly destroys the magic. edit: Clarification- the door knob sat atop of the vase like a lid and it matched quite well.

[@TheGava4]

01:37 that’s a nice thumbnail, for when someone farts...

[@PHILIP3096]

you could say the the last man took the piss.

[@WatchMojoUK]

If #1 didn't make you gag, you're a stronger person than we are.

[@baby_joe]

Your whole crappy channel makes me gag

[@Doctor180185]

Hahaha! Find out the HISTORY of their items?! You must be joking! We all know the only reason these people go on the show is to find out the VALUE of their items!! They don't give a s**t about the history!

[@cornishnett4405]

not every one my brother still has the witch bottle we didn't need to know the value

[@guidokuwas]

The video clips are hardly worth the watch. Title promises a lot but not really amazing.

[@millerhxc]

In fairness to Fiona Bruce/the team, she said "OUR largest national park", which could mean England's largest national park, which is technically true. I'm only going off of this snippet, so I don't know if before or after that she specifically says UK or Britain, but if she doesn't then it isn't that big of a blunder.

[@DarkHelmetgaming]

Oh like normal english bs pretending scotland doesnt exist. Andy murray anyone? He loses scottish, he wins brittish.

[@millerhxc]

@@DarkHelmetgaming I admit that if they indeed aired that in Scotland (I don't know if it's still the case but I remember the BBC's programming varying according to region) then it would look like they completely ignored Scotland, but I doubt that was the intent. Nor is it mine, if that's what you were implying. I'm just saying that they could have meant "our" as in England and not Great Britain.

[@DarkHelmetgaming]

@@millerhxc no not you just english broadcasters in general when its scotland, wales as well. Ps i live in ne england so its not that bias.

[@floppydoopy9228]

@@millerhxc British Broadcasting Corporation. Are you really so ignorant that you don’t know that the BBC broadcasts in Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland 😱😱😱 BRITISH < the clue is there. Geezo there are some dumb people and ignorant people in centre of the universe England 😡😡 YES WE GET THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW IN SCOTLAND 🤬🤬ignorant and uneducated

[@Mr-Foad]

@@floppydoopy9228 BBC and the UK is not wanted in Scotland anymore. Soon these silly problems will be gone.

[@Skyebright1]

Scotland!

[@sophieadam9702]

You didn’t show when they break things

[@Gsgirl1]

I didn't know there was a British antiques road show

[@jessicawidmeier2862]

I wonder if the pee in the bottle was for washing clothes, a lot of the time they would save urine, let it sit in the sun for a week, then wash clothes in it because it is sterile and makes the clothes whiter.

[@clementine2005]

Could have been really interesting but the voice you use is really annoying and contrived, and really not needed most of the time. Were you a DJ in the 80s?

[@glennpowell3444]

I suspect he was a house DJ at a seaside resort nightclub in the 80,s somewhere.The voice has stuck for life now! Imagine having him for a dinner party????? No.

[@clementine2005]

@@glennpowell3444 😆 wouldn't be getting an invite from me that's for sure!

[@minxythemerciless]

Lake Windermere is a tautology. Mere means lake so it's just Windermere

[@glennpowell3444]

Sorry.Good idea as a follower of the show since the 80,s but couldnt bear to hear you talking over everthing more than a couple of munutes longer.

[@AlbionJakeable]

Why does the voiceover guy speak like nobody has ever spoken in the real world? Drives me absolutely insane.

[@compphysgeek]

I'm a bit disappointed to be honest. I expected either guests or experts to drop and destroy some really old or valuable objects.

[@paulcrewe3125]

How much is this old statuette? That’s not a statuette. That’s your father dying of cancer.

[@trey2563]

This is all on other peoples KZbin videos. Is it really that easy to copy others?

[@cindyfowler3526]

What EVIL person would wish for a fake item on someone??? !!! THAT'S JUST DEMONIC !!!! COME ON PEOPLE !!!! GOD MADE US BETTER THAN THAT !!!!

[@Gsgirl1]

Why was there pee and hair in that bottle

[@set921]

This video needs you to stop talking and let us hear the Roadshow people talk.

[@beaubeaumont2747]

Became a little irritating after a while, as I would have preferred to have heard more of what the experts had to say, without all the narration simply reiterating what the experts were saying in the first instance.

[@daniel1970ification]

"Evatuate" vs "valuate" pls look up the meanings.

[@HalfDayHero]

Your narration is the equivalent of somebody filming with a video camera saying "and there's nan sitting at the table", yes mate, we can fucking see.

[@Mr-Foad]

soon she will be right... it will be the biggest national park in the UK.

[@itsnotrightyouknow]

I think it is not the UK getting worked up about a national park. This is an international programm, and facts are facts, and that was a stupid blunder

[@mistervacation23]

You know somebody else be interested in this Ralph Nader

[@cornishnett4405]

my brother is the one with 150 year old bottle of urine

[@fransuke12]

Is cleaning an antique will reduce it's value?

[@wildwine6400]

Depends what it is. That axe blade is dirty and rusty and will only get worse. Needs to be cleaned oiled and protected.

[@Skyebright1]

@@wildwine6400yeah the guy will get tetanus, I don’t think it was wrong to tell him to clean it

[@lisaf4490]

Way to much talking

[@KenLieck]

Nothing gains value with age like fine urine...

[@giyantube]

I almost stopped the video at number to because number one is so cringey to watch.

[@rayemartineau8644]

💓👍🏿👀 5/9/22

[@nemes15G]

Too much chatter Let the videos do the talking

[@timmyvannatten8575]

How about you let them do the talking

[@skerriesrockart]

Your commentary is completely innacurate..it ads nothing to the video and in every case you have made the wrong observation.

[@katec9893]

Oh my gosh the VoiceOver is awful, just stop.

[@TheSuperintendant]

I don't see what all the fuss was about Fiona Bruce saying 'our' largest national park was the lake district... it is England's largest national park, so fair enough. Cairngorms is Scotland's largest national park, and also the largest on the island. I don't really see the issue here.. seems petty and pedantic.

[@kitcarson57]

What a terrible commentary.

[@richardwebb2348]

My fist, and last, experience of mojouk: badly edited, with tedious superfluous commentary.

[@meduseon7943]

Rather awkward & graceless narration. NOT sub

[@XeroStormLOL]

Please stop talking

[@speedygonzales378]

I have gone of Andy after that time he was really nasty to a poor kid

[@Mr199938660]

I don’t know pounds, I’m American

[@HGmolotov]

I don't remember the conversion rate, but 1gbp is usually somewhere between 1.15 - 1.20 USD

[@andrewdaley3081]

Use Google you thick American. 🇬🇧👍

[@RunOfTheHind]

...with the solipsism to match!

[@cmcc4662]

You don't know much

[@mryeti1887]

1 pound is equal to 14 inches or something.

[@CarlosAntonio-do9bc]

it was a set-up sting, see 8m50s, s/he (we) had the last laugh on Beeb's Antix Rodshow. No archaeology student! Hah, this smartie bloomer and pals took Beeb to the cleaners. The 'artifact' was bought a few days before the show. It was all a bet, a dare. Chymical comical Wedding. Beeb, it's not just Syria gas videos ... hah!

[@bencoatesworth7731]

The first guy like what an old snop. If someone said i could get £200 for something a paid 50 quid for a would be more than happy its more that i paid for it and its a lump of wood not an expensive piece of jewellery

[@kjubajla]

He paid £50 50 years ago mate!!!

[@bimbobaggypants4820]

I checked and £50 in 1950 is the equivalent of around £1,800 in 2021. So i see why he was annoyed.

[@eat_a_dick_trudeau]

These are all pretty tame.