Cave-dwelling brothers heirs to fortune

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Two Hungarian brothers who lived in a cave and eked out a living by selling junk they salvaged from the street, have discovered they are heirs to a multi-billion dollar fortune.

Zsolt and Geza Peladi have discovered they're about to inherit their long-lost grandmother's fortune of around NZ$9.2 billion, along with a sister who lives in America, the Telegraph.co.uk reported.

The siblings found out the good news through charity workers who had been contacted by lawyers handling the estate of their maternal grandmother, who had died in Germany.

"We knew our mother came from a wealthy family but she was a difficult person and severed ties with them, and then later abandoned us and we lost touch with her and our father until she eventually died," Geza Peladi, 43, told ATV television.

"If this all works out it will certainly make up for the life we have had until now - all we really had was each other - no women would look at us living in a cave," he said.

"But with money, maybe we can find a partner and finally have a normal life. We don't know yet if she even told our grandmother about us. I understand it was only while they were carrying out genealogical research that lawyers found we existed."

Budapest's Maltese Charity Service Gyula Balazs Csaszar told the Telegraph they were contacted by the lawyer who claimed he had a large sum of money for the brothers.

The brothers are reportedly seeking copies of their mother's death certificate and proof of their identity before travelling to Germany to collect their unexpected windfall.

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