Betty Johnson used it as a doorstop for 50 years. The house’s previous owner had used it for 10 years to prop open the door of the garden shed. But after 60 years Betty finally got curious and wondered if it might be dangerous so she called police.

The object that had been employed as a doorstop at the house in New Malden, England, for 6 decades was an unexploded shell from World War II.

Betty never gave it much thought until a friend came around and “got really quite funny about it”. That made Betty think and she decided perhaps it was time to have someone take a look at it.

Bomb disposal experts came out to remove the shell. Betty is waiting to find out what kind of bomb it was and if there was any danger of it exploding.

Bomb used as doorstop for 60 years