 had reportedly been issued by the supermarket group Rewe to sweet makers Haribo but had somehow been lost at the station. Speaking about his find, Anouar said: "There was such a large sum on it that I couldn't even pronounce it." The 38-year-old contacted Haribo after making the discovery and the company's lawyers reached out to him. Thinking he may get handsome rewards for saving the company millions, he was stunned by their inadequate response. The company asked that the cheque be destroyed and that Anouar should send photo evidence to prove it. But it remains a mystery as to how the cheque was mislaid and ended up on the platform in the first place. A few days later he received a parcel from Haribo with just six packets of sweets inside. He added: "I thought that was a bit cheap." Responding to the German news site Bild, Haribo said: "Since it was a crossed cheque, nobody but our company could have redeemed it. "It was our standard package that we send as a thank you." Owned by the Riegel family, Haribo is said to turnover nearly £2billion every year. Founded in 1920, the company invented the gummi bears sweet producing 100million around the world every day. Metal detectorist Austen Perry, 29, is also set to make a huge sum after discovering a roman coin in his gran's garden. Austen, who currently lives in Bradford, unearthed the coin on November 5 after finally being able to afford a metal detector of his own having had a life-long passion for){kind=link}
A TRAVELLER was gobsmacked after finding a cheque for £4million written out to sweet giant Haribo on a train platform.
Anouar G, from Frankfurt Germany, picked up the massive cheque while making the journey to visit his mum.
The bank order for £4.05million (4,631,538.80 euros) had reportedly been issued by the supermarket group Rewe to sweet makers Haribo but had somehow been lost at the station.
Speaking about his find, Anouar said: “There was such a large sum on it that I couldn’t even pronounce it.”
The 38-year-old contacted Haribo after making the discovery and the company’s lawyers reached out to him.