Woman in US finds $36,000 cash in couch she got for free

• She got the couch on Craigslist for free.
• She found a lump in one cushion where she found envelopes of cash.
• Family who gave away couch say it belonged to loved one who passed away.

A woman in California, USA, found $36,000 hidden within the cushion of a couch she got for free from Craigslist, ABC7 Newsreported.

What is even more interesting is that Vicky Umodu, the woman who found the cash, returned the money back as it is.

Umodu was looking for cheap ways to furnish her home. She was glad to find a couch that was being given away.

"I was so excited, so we picked it up and brought it in," she told ABC7 from her home in Colton, near Los Angeles this week.

However, she soon realised that there was more to the giveaway than just the sofa set.

She found a lump in one of the cushions. Upon checking, she discovered envelopes full of cash.

"I was just telling my son, come! I was screaming, this is money! I need to call the guy."

She immediately called the person from whom she had gotten the couch and returned the money.

The family who gave away the couch said it belonged to a loved one who had just passed away. They said that they did not know where the cash had come from.

To thank Umodu, the family gave her $2,000 which was enough for her to buy a new refrigerator.

"I was not expecting a dime," said Umodu.