A London’s year-long pursuit of a Bitcoin-containing hard drive of $ 800 million hidden somewhere in a Welsh landfill has now been licensed for a document series for platforms.
Entertainment company Lebul announced this week that it has secured exclusive rights To tell the story of James Howells, the British engineer who is known for losing access to 8,000 Bitcoin back in 2013.
Man’s lost hard drive has crypto fortune worth a king’s ransom
Howells, one of those broken Bitcoin in the first few years, lost access to 8,000 Bitcoin 2013 when his hard drive was wrongly discarded. At current prices, the Cryptocurrency is worth over $ 800 million.
The hard drive ended up in a municipal landfill in Newport, Wales, where it still sits despite Howell’s many efforts to regain it.
“This is not content,” Reese Van Allen explained, unwritten entertainment president in Lebul. “It’s a live-action technical thriller with almost a billion dollars at stake.”
The documentary initiative, “The Buried Bitcoin: The Real-Life Treasure Hunt of James Howells,” will contain an advanced series, podcast and social media. Lebul intends to combine aspects of environmental cooking, Cryptocurrency history and individual determination in their story.
Legal fights that are ongoing with the City Council
Howells has taken Newport City Council to court several times over the past decade. He is asked to dig the landfill and even proposed to share any money that is recycled with both the city and the inhabitants. At once he prayed local officials of £ 495 million in compensation.
He has time and time again lost in court Above his protests due to concern for damage to the environment as well as markings. He recently lost in the Cardiff High Court in 2025, according to reports.
It is more of an pressing need because the council will close the dumping in 2025-2026 and build part of it as a solar farm.
Engineer refuses to give up the search
Despite persistent setbacks, Howell’s determined to recover its lost wealth. As reported, he murmurs an appeal to the Supreme Court. He has also intimated that he can try Buy the entire landfill property to access the site.
“Howell’s story, sometimes similar to a contemporary treasure hunt, will now find their way to more people when Lebul turns a piece of discarded e-waste into entertainment,” said a report on the new series.
Entertainment projects generate great interest
The document series has already aroused interest in streaming channels all over the world that is anxious to distribute the content. Some Cryptocurrency companies have also shown interest in sponsoring the project, says Lebul.
Lebul managers are convinced that the mixing of real drama, significant financial efforts and real-time development will make the series attractive to both Cryptocurrency fans and general audiences that do not know Bitcoin early days.
The company has not yet announced a release date for any part of the project.
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