‘Storage Wars’ Star Claims He Sold Unit With $7.5 Million Inside for $500

TV personalities Laura Dotson and Dan Dotson attend the 20th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2015. Jason Merritt/Getty Images

A man bought a storage unit for $500 in California and found a safe containing $7.5 million, but he will only be able to keep about $1.2 million of it, according to “Storage Wars” TV host Dan Dotson.

Dotson told The Blast website that a stranger approached him and told him the details.