Women Recovers $18,700 From Kimono Given Away

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From newsday.com

A 77-year-old Japanese woman mistakenly gave away a kimono containing $18,700 she had sewn into the garment, but the cash was returned about a month later, a police spokesman said Friday.

The unidentified woman, who lives in Yokosuka city near Tokyo, had forgotten about the cash until she read a newspaper article last month about a recycling shop owner who had discovered a wad of cash in a kimono, said a Yokosuka police spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Seventeen other people had tried to claim the cash.

The woman later proved the money was hers by describing how the cash was bundled in strips of paper with a date stamp showing when she had withdrawn it from a bank, the official said... Entire Story Here