As zl. 5 million hoax becomes clear, a zl 3.7 million bid saves the day

During the first day of the Wielka Orkiestra Swiatecznej Pomocy (WOSP) Internet-based auction, someone offered to pay zl. 5 million for a symbolic paper heart, the icon of the WOSP. It turned out to be a hoax by 18 year-old, Damian Wierzbicki, aka Matrix. The youngster, who is well known to the police, is incapable of paying such a sum. He is currently being held in a hostel for runaways under allegations of cheating 29 companies over zl. 41,000. If he fails to pay for the heart by the end of January, it will be sold to the second best offer, which amounted to zl. 3,777.777. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6; Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.K.