Robot finds Loch Ness Monster (prop)
Project leader says Nessie model from Sherlock flick is too heavy to surface.
An underwater sweep of Loch Ness in Scotland has revealed the long lost monster ... model built for a Sherlock Holmes movie filmed almost 50 years ago.
The prop created for 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes', sank to the bottom of the loch once filming had finished.
Now, images captured by an underwater robot on the hunt for any sign of the legendary monster have revealed the outline of a Nessie shaped creature.
Adrian Shine is the leader of the Loch Ness & Morar Project which in conjunction with VisitScotland is plunging the depths for the mythical beast.
He says his team had been looking for a trench called Nessie's lair, a topographical feature which turned out not to exist.
"However in transit to that location, the robot found an outline with a long neck and a large body about 10 meters long.