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Man dumps 1 kg gold bar in charity box

Updated on: 11 February,2012 10:10 AM IST  | 
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A gold bar weighing one kilogram was dropped into a charity collection box in the Belarussian city of Brest, a media report said Friday.

Man dumps 1 kg gold bar in charity box

A gold bar weighing one kilogram was dropped into a charity collection box in the Belarussian city of Brest, a media report said Friday.


The gold bar was discovered in a charity box set up in a grocery store to collect money for the Orthodox Church, the ONT television reported.u00a0The anonymous donor also slipped the $50,000 gold brick's certificate of authentication into the collection box.


According to the store's security personnel, a middle-aged man dumped the gold brick into the box. The man had apparently earlier attempted to hand the brick to a local church groundskeeper, however he refused to accept the donation.

A local church official said the donation would be enough to almost completely pay for the construction of a new church.


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