Man finds Haribo's lost £4m cheque and he's given six packs of sweets as a reward

A man who found a lost cheque worth over £4million issued to sweet giants Haribo - but was not impressed with his reward.

Named only as Anouar G, from Frankfurt, Germany, he spotted the bank order on a train platform after visiting his mum.

The 38-year-old was gobsmacked when he saw the cheque's value stood at €4,631,538.80 (£4.05million).

He said: "There was such a large sum on it that I couldn't even pronounce it."

The cheque had reportedly been issued by the supermarket group Rewe to the sweet makers Haribo but was somehow lost at the station.

Anouar contacted Haribo about his discovery and one of their lawyers got in touch with him.

Anouar G. was not entirely impressed with his gift (Getty Images)

Instead of asking for it back, they told him to destroy the cheque and send him a photograph as proof, according to local media.

He dutifully complied and a few days later he received a box from Haribo containing just six bags of their sweets.

Anouar was reportedly not impressed and believes he has saved the company millions.

He said: "I thought that was a bit cheap."

But Haribo told local media: "Since it was a named cheque, nobody but our company could have redeemed it."

They added: "It was our standard package that we send as a thank you."