Ark of the Covenant

I saw a special about the Ark on television one night. It had the same information, as far as I can remember. In particular about the church where the Ark now supposedly resides.To be honest, I think these people in this town are trying to get attention. They want people to think they have the Ark, just so they can stand back and go "neener nee! You can't see it" and stick out their tongues! And besides, why so much hype over the Ark? Would finding it really validate God or not in any way?J0N