A Tel Aviv woman has been searching through Israeli rubbish dumps after she said she accidentally threw away a mattress containing $1m (£700,000).
The woman, identified only as Anat, had bought a new mattress for her mother as a surprise and threw away the old one, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported. But when the older woman returned home she "almost fainted", as she had hidden her entire life savings inside.
A search of three landfill sites has so far turned up nothing, said the paper.
When the woman realised her mistake, she rushed out to retrieve the mattress but it had already been taken away to the Hiriya local dump. She hurried to the dump, only to find the mattress had been shipped to one of two larger landfill sites, along with another 3,000 tonnes of rubbish collected that day.
A search of the first site, Ganei Hadas, proved fruitless so she moved onto Efeh, close to the Dead Sea. Yitzhak Borba, the director of the Efeh site, told Israel's Army Radio the woman had been "totally desperate" when she arrived. He was reported to have kept some of his staff on overnight to fend off treasure hunters and help the woman.
But despite being unable to retrieve the mattress and its hidden fortune, "Anat" appeared philosophical about her loss. "People have to take everything in proportion and thank God for the good and the bad," she said.
There has been no comment from her mother.
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How awful this would be....I couldn't believe this story when a friend
sent me the link today. I never thought that anyone really hid their money in their mattress!!
1I read this earlier too. I'm not expecting her to find the money but it would be really great if she did.
2Anyone for Slum Dog Millionaire II?
3yes , i sew this on the news
, my brother wanted to go there and "help" her find the
money 
4the problem with good hiding places is if you happen to die, who will know to retrieve your valuables in the mattress or in a hidden floor compartment. how sad for this woman.
5They dump now has extra security to prevent treasure hunters. I feel for her but don't you think her mom might have mentioned it.
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"I will marshal all the forces of darkness to hound you to an assisted suicide." - In the Loop
sorry - that reminds me of Mr. Crabs and Spongebob...
7I read about this yesterday too. Funny and sad at the same time.
Martini - when the economy first started heading south last year, my grandmother wanted to pull all her money out of the bank and keep it at home. Depression Era instincts, I guess. We had to fight her to keep her from doing it.
8I had a friend who found a thousand dollars taped behind every drawer in his kitchen. They did a remodel and found all that money.
9Her mother must be devastated, but unfortunately, a mattress isn't the safest place for your savings. Unfortunately, they will probably never find it.
10When I first read the headline, I thought "Stupid woman shouldn't have bought a million dollar mattress in the first place!"
11My appologies to the family
LOL, Carrie Sue, when my friend sent me the link and I saw that headline, I thought the same!
12Piper, so how many kitchen drawers does your friend have???
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