A woman from Sutton won £500 yesterday after completing a treasure hunt where the prize was hidden in a bin.

Lauren Gregory, 26, joined a team of four people who had to get their hands dirty for their prize money as part of Instagram scheduling tool, Hopper HQ’s ‘cash dash'.

The event in Soho saw more than 300 participants follow clues in their lunch break to try and find the binned cash.

Ms Gregory said: “The hunt was possibly the most fun I could have on a Tuesday lunch break. We were originally two pairs, Lucy & Fred and Lauren & Isabelle, but we bumped into each other at Soho Square and being colleagues thought it too awkward not to team up!

“We've always been fans of HopperHQ as it helps us with our social media clients immensely so being able to be part of something they planned was great. We spotted others taking part along the way and tried not to be too obvious when we found the stickers for the selfies at each spot!

“It got quite heated towards the end with people sprinting to each new clue, intense. We thought we'd lost it as others were quicker, and more red-faced than us, but little Fred was the perfect height for finding the stash on the floor next to the bin!

“We split the winnings four ways between Isabelle, Lucy, our littlest member Fred and I. Mine will be going towards a trip to Italy in September, Fred has his eyes on setting up a savings account for a new Nintendo or Xbox, Lucy a cookery course and Isabelle is riding out the week until payday.”

HopperHQ is the world’s only fully automated Instagram scheduling tool.