In Thailand, a woman accidentally threw away gold bars worth almost 5 million rubles.

In Thailand, a man reported missing gold bars worth about 2 million baht (about 4.8 million rubles), which his mother, suffering from dementia, accidentally threw away along with household garbage. This was reported on November 24 by the Thai newspaper Daily News.

According to the man, three ingots ended up in the trash after the woman mistakenly threw away several packages. The surveillance camera footage, which he posted online, shows a garbage truck taking away a container with valuable cargo.

"My mother, who suffers from dementia, accidentally threw bags of three gold bars into the trash," the young man said.

He also offered a reward to the employees of the garbage service for their help in finding the ingots.Газета.Ru ".

The woman contacted the police, but they replied that it was extremely difficult to find a specific garbage truck, and they did not rule out that the waste could have already been burned. The family emphasized that the gold bars were their only investment.

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The newspaper El País reported on October 31 that a painting by Pablo Picasso, which was previously considered missing during transportation to participate in an exhibition in Spain, had been with a local concierge all this time, who accidentally took it away. According to the newspaper, an exhibition was supposed to be held in Madrid on October 6, but the employees of the CajaGranada cultural center missed one painting by the artist, which was called "Still Life with a Guitar." It turned out that the 69-year-old concierge found the painting near the door and mistook it for a parcel.

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