Hyderabad, March 8 -- After watchingChhaava, a Bollywood action movie depicting the life of the second Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, a massive crowd of villagers in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur flocked to the historical Asirgarh Fort. They initiated a gold hunt and began digging in fields, believing Mughal-era gold coins were buried there.

Fuelled by the film's narrative, hundreds of villagers rushed to the Fort, once a key Mughal stronghold, in a frantic search of gold and began excavating the fields with shovelsand other equipment late into the night using torches.

Some people even brought strainers and metal detectors, hoping to strike gold coins. The digging started around 7 pm and continued until 3 am. The villagers left...