Residents of Nosong neighborhood in Jeonju, North Jeolla, come together in front of a monument commemorating an "anonymous angel" in the garden of the Nosong Community Center set up early this year.

The "angel" has donated money to the village at the end of every year for the past 11 years. According to Nosong area officials, a man they estimate to be in his 40s called the community center around noon on Tuesday to tell the staff where he had put his donation for this year.

"The man hung up after he said he had placed the money, which he described as an annual expression of his sincerity, in the alley behind a nearby beauty shop," one official said.

The money left outside the beauty shop was stuffed inside a piggy bank and a paper box. The donation, totaling 35,840,900 won ($31,219.80), was a mixture of bills and coins in various denominations. There were 700 50,000-won bills, 1,531 500-won coins, 739 100-won coins and 21 10-won coins.

Over the past 11 years, the anonymous donor has given a total of 197,204,020 won.

(Photo courtesy of Jeonju City government, Story by Park Im-keun)

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