Exchange Student Finds $15,000 Worth of Hidden Treasures in His New Apartment in China
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By Carl Samson
A young man from New Mexico was in for a big surprise when he discovered a Chinese treasure box worth thousands inside one of the wall cabinets at his new apartment in eastern China.
Kendal Fortson, a composer and painter, recently moved into his girlfriend’s apartment in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, where he recorded the event in a video that he planned to send to his parents.
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“I really like rugs. A little bit of nostalgia and homesickness, I have this to look at,” he said about a rug from New Mexico.
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Everything looked just like another apartment tour video, until he stumbled upon wall panels that turned out to be cabinets.
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His girlfriend, Diana Kasabieva, had no idea about the storage space despite having lived there for a while.
“No way! You can open it? I had no idea,” she said. “There’s a thing in it though… what’s that?”
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Kasabieva pointed at the object hidden in the third panel, which Fortson opened. He pulled out a small tin box and opened it.
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To their surprise, it contained $2,000 in Chinese money, seven gold coins and a piece of jade.
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Fortson believes everything inside the box to be worth around $15,000.
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“So Diana and I just found this like box of treasures,” he said. “We’re excited, we’re kind of celebrating, having hot totties.”
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For now, the couple plans to spend some of the cash for a trip to Bali in time for the Spring Festival.
Watch their luck unfold below:
Photos: Screenshots via Antlion Entertainment/YouTube
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