A Belgian farmer accidentally redrew the French border when he moved a stone in his tractor's path

• A farmer in the Belgian village of Erquelinnes accidentally redrew the country's border with France.
• The border was changed when he moved a stone that was in his tractor's path.
• The move was discovered by a local history buff who noticed the border had shifted by 7.5 feet.

A Belgian farmer accidentally redrew the country's border with France when he moved a stone that was blocking his tractor's path.

The stone was moved in the Belgian village of Erquelinnes, the BBC reported. It's unclear exactly when the farmer moved the stone, but the redrawn border was discovered when a local history buff noticed the stone had moved 7.5 feet.

The stone dated back to 1819, one year before the boundary between Belgium and France was officially established in the 1820 Treaty of Kortrijk.

"He made Belgium bigger and France smaller, it's not a good idea," David Lavaux, mayor of Erquelinnes, told TF1, according to BBC. But the unexpected border swap prompted jokes, not conflict.

"I was happy my town was bigger," Lavaux said. "But the mayor of Bousignies-sur-Roc didn't agree."

Belgian authorities plan to ask the farmer to move the stone back to its normal place.

If the farmer doesn't comply, a Franco-Belgian border commission may have to officially be summoned for the first time since 1930, according to The Guardian.