A man was overjoyed after finding around £47,000 hidden in Nesquik cans while renovating his future retirement home - but felt disappointed after trying to cash in the loot.
Builder Toño Piñeiro was doing some construction work on a house he bought in Lugo in northwestern Spain when he made the amazing discovery.
He found six canisters stuffed with cash - worth the equivalent of around £47,500 - hidden in the walls of the property.
But his joy was short-lived as the cash was in Spanish pesetas, which ceased to be legal tender in 2002 when the euro, the monetary unit of the European Union, was adopted as the country's currency.
In fact, when Mr Piñeiro tried cashing in the money he found, he discovered that some of the notes were so old he could no longer exchange them for euros.
The man was told that he had missed the deadline as the Bank of Spain stopped accepting the older notes, so around of the loot turned out to be worthless.
But Mr Piñeiro still managed to to bag himself £30,000 after trading in some more up-to-date currency from his haul, adding: "It paid for a new roof.
"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."
Toño explained the home had been abandoned for four decades prior to the discovery, with the builder snapping up the property when he saw it listed on Facebook.
He added he plans to keep some of the out-of-date cash as a souvenir.
Last week, we revealed that a couple were freaked out to find peculiar things while renovating their dated home, including old coupons and clothes stuffed into the walls.
Cassidy Casale and Eton Merritt previously hit the headlines after revealing the bizarre items found while renovating their 150-year-old home.
The couple bought their house in March 2022 for £366,000 and started gutting the property right away before discovering a 1970s Pepsi can and bones.
Now, as they've continued with the renovation, they've come across more unique items, including old Polaroid pictures from the year they were born.
"We liked the quirky features of the old house and knew we'd be able to work with its charm to make it great," Cassidy, a high-rise land developer, said.
"Old homes throw a lot of curve balls which you can't plan for until you begin tearing down walls and really getting deep into it."
