Money fell from the sky in
The mad dash for the cash -which was thrown from a plane in a marketing stunt -left many cut, battered and bruised.
A girl of 13 collapsed and had to be taken to hospital.
The 100million rupiah, or nearly ??6,000, up for grabs amounts to a fortune in the South-East Asian country.
Those who managed to snatch a few notes took home more than they could earn in a month.
The money was dropped by author Tung Desem Waringin as a stunt to promote his book on business motivation.
With the cash bundled in bills of 1,000 and 5,000 rupiah (between 5p and 25p), he set off in the light aircraft to fly over a football stadium in Serang, 40 miles from the capital Jakarta.
Rumours of the stunt had been circulating for at least a day and the stadium was filled with the city's poor.
On the first and second runs, the notes fell 500 yards from the stadium, so the crowds dashed from the ground to scoop up what they could.
On the third run the money fluttered down into the stadium so they all had to scamper back into the arena.'
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