Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell, “Returning $40,000 Found in a Couch,” in 300 Illustrations for Preachers, ed. Elliot Ritzema (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2015).
A $20 couch turned out to be worth a whole lot more for a group of New York college students.
They purchased the lumpy couch from a thrift store, but were shocked when they began to investigate why the sofa was so uncomfortable. The students found money in envelopes stashed in different parts of the couch.