10 million yen found in discarded pot in Osaka

Saturday 05th April, 06:42 AM JST

OSAKA —

Bills worth 10 million yen have been discovered in a metal cooking pot at a garbage collection site in Takatsuki, northern Osaka, police said Friday. If the owner is not identified within three months the bills will become the property of the garbage collector who found the pot and cash, police said.

According to the police station of Takatsuki, the garbage collector, based in the city, found the bills on March 25. The bills were wrapped with paper and placed inside the pot, which measures 25 cm in diameter and 30 cm in depth.

4 Comments

Zaphod at 02:10 PM JST - 5th April

Why does that never happen to me?
SimondB at 02:15 PM JST - 5th April

or me
Honne at 06:29 PM JST - 5th April

Ditto. All I find are the useless 1 yen slugs.
Tanuki7 at 03:12 AM JST - 6th April

Some people have all the luck.