Numbers file corrupted?

Hi,
Someting strange happened to one of my Numbers files. It transformed it in iCloud in a folder with 4 files:
Index.zip -
preview-micro.jpg
preview-web.jpg
preview.jpg
What can I do to recover this file that is very important to me.
best
Coroas

The following worked for me: drag the folder to your desktop, rename it to any other name, keeping the .numbers extension. When asked if you really want to change the extension to ".numbers", say "yes". After this the folder should turn into a proper Numbers file again.

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