Lucky French Property Reveals Untold Millions!

A French man became an instant millionaire not through the house he inherited but from what was in the Normandy property.

After being left the house the unnamed individual came across Gold literally,

In fact 220 pounds (100 kg) gold coins and bars hidden away in hiding places throughout the home, which are worth about $3.7million.

“There were 5,000 gold pieces, two bars of 12 kilos and 37 ingots of 1 kilo,” Nicolas Fierfort, a local auctioneer, told AFP.

The new homeowner found a metal box of coins screwed to the underside of some furniture. Then came more, carefully hidden in a box meant for a bottle of whisky.

As if that was not enough, the man then unearthed a staggering pile of gold bars and ingots.

According to certificates found in the deceased's estate, the gold was legally purchased in the 1950s and 1960s.

It has already been sold on to buyers in France and overseas.

Local newspaper La Depeche, which first reported the story, said not all is good news for the lucky finder. He’ll be liable for 45% inheritance tax and, if the original owner did not declare his or her assets, a further three years of back taxes.

This is not the first time hidden gold has been found in a property in this area of Normandy.

In 2011, three builders struck gold, finding almost a million euros’ worth of ingots and coins buried in the back garden of a house where they had been working on an extension.

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