Man discovers €300,000 left behind by bank
A Belgian man found €300,000 in cash that had been left behind in a vault in a former bank he was renovating.
Ferhat Kaya had purchased the property - a former branch of the Dexia bank in Ghent – as a base for his accounting firm and after turning down an expensive estate agent quote to remove an old safe, he called his two friends in to help.
One helper Murat Tufan said: "When the vault was open it revealed bags of €20 and €50 bills. The receipts were still there, dated December 31, 2001. We started counting, and it came to €300,000."
Although the money had been left by the bank nearly a decade ago, Ferhat decided to call the police.
Dexia Bank spokesperson Ulrike Pommee said an investigation had been launched.
