A man has discovered that a set of Pokemon cards gifted to him are now worth £35,000.

Pikachu

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Nigel Brookes was given the cards by his mother 20 years ago after helping his brother keep hold of his best cards - and he's now found out that they are a rare collector's item.

Brookes revealed that he was initially ''disappointed'' by the gift as he didn't even like Pokemon.

He explained: ''I wasn't actually that interested in Pokemon.

''I was disappointed at the time because the collection was one of my birthday presents so to me it was a waste of a present.''

Nigel explained that his daughter wanted to buy the set, but he is holding out for big money as interest has been expressed from around the world.

He added: ''My daughter Layla loves Pokemon and did try to buy them all of me for £6 - unfortunately that won't cut it, and I'm sure she'll appreciate why I said no in the future!''