A French man who inherited a house in Normandy from a dead relative has stumbled upon 220 pounds (100 kg) gold coins and bars squirrelled away in hiding places throughout his new place, which are worth about $3.7 million.

“There were 5,000 gold pieces, two bars of 12 kilos and 37 ingots of 1 kilo,” Nicolas Fierfort, a local auctioneer, told AFP.