A cleaner who discovered £50,000 stuffed inside a sanitary bin was left gobsmacked after he was rewarded for his honesty. Chamindu Amarsinghe was at a TV company's building in Melbourne, Australia, when he found the hidden stash while cleaning a ground floor bathroom, the Mirror reports.
Despite being a "struggling" student, he immediately contacted his bosses about the find before police were called and the money was handed over. Speaking of the incident, Chamindu said: "There was too much to count — I thought someone was playing a prank on me. But when I touched the notes — all yellow and green — I realised it was real money.”
Police and a plumber later pulled out an additional £935 from the pipes around the toilet. The honest worker said his first thought after the shock discovery was to notify the authorities.
