Pokémon cards have always been highly sought-after collectibles among the generation of fans who grew up watching the Pokémon anime series in the 90s. Bundles of cards based on Pokémon have often fetched incredibly high prices among collectors looking to “catch them all” in cardboard form. And one lucky person in England just became a millionaire because of it.

A retired decorator from Woking, England recently put their old Pokémon card collection up for auction at the Ewbank’s auction house. The final value of the card collection came to a whopping £1.56 million, which converts to over $2 million in USD. The collection was stored in the man’s attic for over 15 years, and was only recently brought to auction after he saw an ad in a local newspaper about how valuable they could be.

The man who owned the cards asked not to be identified, but was able to speak with the BBC after the auction took place. “I know people always talk about finding treasure in the attic, but in my case that is literally true.…