(CNN) -- Many of us find money in our couch. A few quarters here and a few dimes there. If we're lucky, maybe enough to buy a drink. Imagine finding enough to buy a small coffee stand. Three New York roommates, investigating the cause of their thrift-store couch's lumpiness, discovered $41,000 hidden in envelopes tucked in the old sofa. Lara Russo said she and roommate Reese Werkhoven were sitting on the couch, watching a Harry Potter movie, when he unzipped one of the cushions to see what was making it uncomfortable and found a small package. "It was just in a bubble-wrap container," Werkhoven told "Erin Burnett OutFront." "We were like, 'Oh, my God. This might be drugs, it might be money; we're getting scared about it."
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Three roommates bought a couch at the Salvation Army for $20
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It seemed lumpy, so one of them unzipped a cushion to check out what was inside
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$41,000! $41,000! $41,000!
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'If we spent the money, we wouldn't feel good about it,' one roomie says
"@placeholder, I left a lot of money in that couch," the woman told Werkhoven.