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A family in Bangkok has launched a desperate search for three gold bars valued at 2 million baht (RM255,000) after their elderly mother, who suffers from dementia, accidentally discarded them
According to Daily News Online, the gold represented the family's savings.
The son recounted that on Monday, 3 November, his mother had taken the gold out to inspect it and placed it inside an envelope for safekeeping, only to forget about it shortly after.
The following morning, whilst rushing to gather trash for the arriving collection truck, she mistakenly threw the valuable envelope into one of the bin bags.
The loss was only discovered on Wednesday, 5 November, when the woman decided she wanted to sell the gold
By the next day, she recalled putting the bars in the envelope and realised they had likely been thrown away.
On Friday, 7 November, the family filed a police report and rushed to the waste disposal site. However, a district officer informed them that trash bags are not sorted and that waste from their area is incinerated daily.
Feeling "completely in the dark", the family still hopes someone may have picked up the bars and has reached out to a well-known volunteer group to help publicise their plea.
The family is currently requesting access to footage from the garbage truck's onboard cameras in hopes of tracing the envelope
The son has also urged police to interview waste collectors and review CCTV along the disposal route.
The family has promised a cash reward and a token of appreciation to anyone — including waste collection workers — who might have unknowingly picked up the gold and is willing to return it.
