This megachurch bathroom is flush with cash.
A plumber went to Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston to remove a loose toilet but instead found envelopes stuffed with cash and checks inside the wall — seven years after $600,000 was stolen from the church safe, according to KRPC Channel 2.
The bizarre story came to light during a radio segment with host George Lindsey on 100.3 “The Bull” when a caller claimed he was doing repairs at Osteen’s house of worship on Nov. 10, 2021, and stumbled upon the hidden treasure.
“There was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile,” the caller told Lindsey. “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 honest plumber didn’t run away with the loot.
“I went ahead and contacted the maintenance supervisor that was there, and I turned it all in,” he added.
It’s unclear how much money was in the wall, but Houston police never solved the 2014 crime, in which the megachurch said a whopping $600,000 had gone missing from the safe.
“Don’t you want to know what happened, I mean they stole the money, but they didn’t get it out of the wall. Did they have an accident, you know what I mean? It’s like, why did they never go back? If it’s that money, why did they never go back?” Lindsey said.
A rep from Lakewood Church put out a statement confirming the plumber’s tale.
“Recently, while repair work was being done at Lakewood Church, an undisclosed amount of cash and checks were found,” a representative said. “Lakewood immediately notified the Houston Police Department and is assisting them with their investigation. Lakewood has no further comment at this time.”