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Plumber Finds Cash, Checks in Wall at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church

The plumber found the envelopes full of cash and checks behind a loose toilet while doing repairs

FILE - Pastor Joel Osteen speaks during MegaFest at the American Airlines Center on Aug. 30, 2013, in Dallas, Texas.
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Envelopes full of cash and checks were found behind a loose toilet by a plumber doing repairs at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Texas, according to church officials.

The plumber detailed the bizarre discovery, made on Nov. 10 at the Houston megachurch, on the morning show of 100.3 The Bull, a country music radio station in the city.

“There was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile,” the caller said, NBC affiliate KPRC reported. “We went to go remove the toilet, and I moved some insulation away and about 500 envelopes fell out of the wall, and I was like ‘Oh wow!’”

The plumber then contacted the maintenance supervisor and turned the envelopes here. 

Read the full story at NBCNews.com.

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