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Waxman Staff Writer Apr 13, 2016 7:49 PM UTC  DRUMNADROCHIT, SCOTLAND - APRIL 13: John Haig an engineer moves a Munin robot, operated by Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime in Loch Ness on April 13, 2016 in Drumnadrochit, Scotland The Norwegian company Kongsberg, which has been surveying the loch came across remains of a thirty metre model of the Loch Ness Monster, from the 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, discovered down on the loch bed by the underwater robot. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) DRUMNADROCHIT, SCOTLAND - APRIL 13: John Haig an engineer moves a Munin robot, operated by Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime in Loch Ness on April 13, 2016 in Drumnadrochit, Scotland The Norwegian company Kongsberg, which has been surveying the loch came across remains of a thirty metre model of the Loch Ness Monster, from the 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, discovered down on the loch bed by the underwater robot. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) Jeff J Mitchell—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 13, 2016 7:49 PM UTC An underwater robot recently found a model of the “Loch Ness Monster” in Scotland’s Loch Ness lake. The prop is from the 1970 film _The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,_ directed by Billy Wilder. It was discovered by Kongsberg Maritime, the UK division of a Norwegian company that has been using a drone to survey that body of water in an effort backed by VisitScotland.com and The Loch Ness Project, a site for scientific information on the legendary area. The prop sank after the director ordered parts of it be removed for aesthetic reasons, only to discover those parts were the parts keeping the “replica” afloat, claims Adrian Shine, who heads up the [The Loch Ness Project.](http://www.lochnessproject.org/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4292560/underwater-robot-finds-loch-ness-monster-kind-of/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4292560/underwater-robot-finds-loch-ness-monster-kind-of/"},"headline":"Underwater Robot Finds Loch Ness 'Monster'—Kind of","datePublished":"2016-04-13T19:49:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:36.927Z","description":"It's not what you think","url":"https://time.com/4292560/underwater-robot-finds-loch-ness-monster-kind-of/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltece5f66e9d117b38/69888efccf40a885e1c42ccf/gettyimages-520901446.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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