Priam's treasure was not the right one

Heinrich Schliemann was an amateur archaeologist convinced that the tales of Homer could be proven by archaeology. He unearthed numerous precious gold and silver objects in the ruins of Troy II, which he named Priam's treasure thinking he had found the legendary city. However, these excavation levels proved to be much older than the period corresponding to the events described in the Iliad, which is set in Troy VII.