One might think that every piece of ancient Greek statuary is on display in a museum, but in reality, Greeks today continue to find pieces of the past in their everyday lives. The latest find is an ancient marble statue discovered in, of all places, a black trash bag.

According to The Associated Press and a statement from Greek police, a man in Neoi Epivates near the city of Thessaloniki found an approximately 31-inch headless marble statue of a woman in a trash bag next to a garbage can. He turned it over to the authorities, who then passed it on to archaeologists to further examine the object.

After an initial evaluation, experts dated the statue to the Hellenistic era between 320 and 30 B.C.E. This period in ancient Greece was known for its legendary art and culture scenes that continued the society's artistic legacy from earlier centuries.

It's hardly the first time someone has accidentally discovered an archaeological treasure in the country. Just last month, construction workers installing natural gas pipelines near Athens found a Roman-era statue of Hermes buried upright near the Acropolis. And a few weeks ago, the city of Thessaloniki revealed a number of discoveries dug up during the decades-long construction of the city's metro system, which officially opened in November; some of these pieces, which include a marble-paved Roman road and tens of thousands of artifacts from the Greek, Byzantine, and Ottoman periods, are now displayed at the new subway stations.

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The statue was handed over to the Forensic Investigations Sub-Directorate of Northern Greece for laboratory examination before heading to the Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki for evaluation and storage.