Reyes: Looking for work indignant forzest erfahrung cemetery But not only “drowned” money can be “rescued”, the “money CSI team” also check partially burned notes or money which has been damaged by mice or rats. I could not believe the stories they told me about where people find money and what happened to it after it was forgotten. The real facts and figures hit me hard. In 2012 the experts analyzed more than 840,000 notes worth some 32 million euros. They still get notes to check from the old German currency, D-Mark which is often found by heirs in mattresses or even the chimney of a fireplace. The Bundesbank is actually still “missing” more than 30 billion D-Mark. As the Bundesbank still converts the old currency into euros the experts are quite often needed to proof the genuineness of the money – making some people, without them even playing the lottery, unexpectedly rich!