diff --git a/src/Engine/Objects/Chest.cpp b/src/Engine/Objects/Chest.cpp
index 23faa09109e5..2577b40fdd68 100644
--- a/src/Engine/Objects/Chest.cpp
+++ b/src/Engine/Objects/Chest.cpp
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ void GenerateItemsInChest() {
                                 break;
                             }
                             currItem->SetIdentified();
-                            currItem->special_enchantment = (ItemEnchantment)goldAmount;
+                            currItem->goldAmount = goldAmount;
                         } else {
                             pItemTable->generateItem(resultTreasureLevel, RANDOM_ITEM_ANY, currItem);
                         }
diff --git a/test/Bin/GameTest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/Bin/GameTest/CMakeLists.txt
index efa63552ab75..04be3775b68d 100644
--- a/test/Bin/GameTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/Bin/GameTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if(OE_BUILD_TESTS)
     ExternalProject_Add(OpenEnroth_TestData
             PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_data_tmp
             GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/OpenEnroth/OpenEnroth_TestData.git
-            GIT_TAG 00fd069134db2f7a85643a6c46de4733b0bfbd21
+            GIT_TAG b11f684625eb68dde884b53525212073ae96d2dd
             SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_data
             CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
             BUILD_COMMAND ""
diff --git a/test/Bin/GameTest/GameTests.cpp b/test/Bin/GameTest/GameTests.cpp
index d5493aebb132..e9f86b392661 100644
--- a/test/Bin/GameTest/GameTests.cpp
+++ b/test/Bin/GameTest/GameTests.cpp
@@ -1707,6 +1707,7 @@ GAME_TEST(Issues, Issue1331) {
 }
 
 GAME_TEST(Issues, Issue1338) {
+    // Casting telepathy on an actor and then killing it results in the actor not dropping any gold.
     auto deadTape = actorTapes.indicesByState(AIState::Dead);
     auto statusTape = tapes.statusBar();
     auto goldTape = tapes.gold();
@@ -1718,3 +1719,18 @@ GAME_TEST(Issues, Issue1338) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(statusTape.contains(fmt::format("{} gold", peasantGoldTape.max()))); // Telepathy status message.
     EXPECT_TRUE(statusTape.contains(fmt::format("You found {} gold!", peasantGoldTape.max()))); // Corpse pickup message.
 }
+
+GAME_TEST(Issues, Issue1340) {
+    // Gold piles in chests are generated with 0 gold.
+    auto goldTape = tapes.gold();
+    auto mapTape = tapes.map();
+    auto statusTape = tapes.statusBar();
+    auto screenTape = tapes.screen();
+    test.playTraceFromTestData("issue_1340.mm7", "issue_1340.json");
+    EXPECT_EQ(mapTape, tape("out01.odm", "d29.blv")); // Emerald Isle -> Castle Harmondale.
+    EXPECT_TRUE(screenTape.contains(SCREEN_CHEST));
+    EXPECT_GT(goldTape.delta(), 0); // Party should have picked some gold from the chest.
+    EXPECT_FALSE(statusTape.contains("You found 0 gold!")); // No piles of 0 size.
+    for (int gold : goldTape.adjacentDeltas())
+        EXPECT_TRUE(statusTape.contains(fmt::format("You found {} gold!", gold)));
+}