Rebaz Haji, 33, noticed a £20 note was stuck on the glass door when the load had finished.

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He started pulling out shirts, jackets and trousers and counted a total of £540 in £20 notes.

Rebaz and his wife Kwazhin Birot, 23, realised that none of the notes were damaged.

He said: “He left his clothes for a wash, dry and iron.

“He comes every week with two bags for a service wash.

“I put them in the machine and then all of a sudden the drum filled up with cash.

“None of it was damaged.

“I counted £500 all in £20 notes.

“Then I found another 40 quid I had missed at first.

“I did not know what to make of it.”

They rang the customer, who is a mechanic, from the laundrette in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorks.

Rebaz said: “I rang him three or four times but he didn’t answer so I texted him.

“I said I’d found something in his clothes.

“He had no idea what I was talking about and he did not think he had left money in his pockets.”

The customer returned and rewarded Rebaz with £20 for his honesty.