Spanish Man Finds Notes Worth Rs 46 Lakh Stashed In Walls, But Can't Keep All Of It

The man from Spain's Lugo province found six cannisters filled to the brim with the notes. Overjoyed with the startling discovery, he went to the bank to cash in the currency.

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New Delhi: A Spanish man was overjoyed after he found six cannisters stuffed with a stash of notes worth £47,000 (approx. Rs 46.5 lakh), hidden inside the walls of his house while renovating it. However, he was soon met with disappointment when the bank said the notes were outdated and could not be accepted in exchange.

According to a report by The Mirror, Toño Piñeiro from Spain's Lugo province found six cannisters filled to the brim with the notes. Overjoyed with the startling discovery, he went to the bank to cash in the currency only to find out that the notes were outdated and could not be accepted. He was informed that the Bank of Spain discontinued the old notes around twenty years back, in 2002.

"I called them, but they told me that it was no longer possible," The Mirror quoted him as saying. But finally, the Spaniard managed to get £30,000 (around Rs 30 lakh) after he cashed in some up-to-date currency notes from the collection. "It paid for a new roof,” he said.

"I guess they kept these containers to avoid humidity. The last ones were somewhat damaged, but the others weren't - they were ironed, it was incredible," he added.

According to Toño Piñeiro, the house was abandoned for four decades before he snapped the property which was listed on social media platform Facebook.

The Spaniard further said that he plans to keep some of the cash from the haul as a souvenir, The Mirror reported.

Earlier this week, a man from UK made a shocking discovery with the help of his metal detector.

According to a report by CNN, Charlie Clark of Birmingham, unearthed a gold pendant in England’s Warwickshire, featuring the symbols of Tudor King Henry VIII and his first wife Katherine of Aragon, on a chain composed of 75 links, attached by an enamelled suspension link in the form of a hand.

"It was just outstanding. Nobody thinks you're ever going to pull out that, in my lifetime especially -- I can imagine in 30 lifetimes,” CNN quoted Charlie as saying.