"Princess Seonhwa, secretly consorting with him~ / Takes Seodong, my young lord, embracing him secretly every night~"

This is Seodongyo, a hyangga (traditional Silla poetry) that children in Seoraboldang would sing in every alleyway during the Silla period.
It is said that Seodong, a poor young man from Baekje, spread this song to take Princess Seonhwa, the third daughter of King Jinpyeong of Silla, as his wife.
Widely regarded as the greatest romance in our ancient history, right?

The love story that Seodong later became the 30th king of Baekje, King Mu, and Princess Seonhwa became Baekje's queen was unquestioned for over a thousand years.

Then, in 2009, a truly startling discovery was made.
While disassembling and repairing the crumbling stone pagoda of Mireuksa Temple site in Iksan, an unexpected artifact emerged.
It was the gilt-bronze reliquary inscription (geumje saribongyeonggi). While the discovery of such an artifact was surprising in itself, the text inscribed inside was even more shocking.
It recorded that the queen of King Mu who sponsored the sarira was not Princess Seonhwa, but someone else—the "daughter of Sataek Jeokdeok."

The academic community, as well as the public who remembered and loved this folklore, were thrown into shock.
Was Princess Seonhwa, whom we knew, not a real person?
Will this romance that has lasted for over a thousand years simply vanish? Or is this the appearance of yet another queen?
Check out the video to uncover the secrets of Baekje history revealed on the gold plate.

(Reported by So Hwan-uk | Edited by Kim Min-ji | Written by Lee Mi-sun | CG: Ahn Jun-seok, Jang Ji-hye | Filmed by Moon Jeong-do, Cho Sang-beom | Produced by Knowledge Content IP Team, Data courtesy of National Iksan Museum)