Fans can now buy the original Friends script that was found in a bin 26 years ago
Friends Turns 25
Alert Friends fans! All the die-hard fans of the American sitcom have the golden chance of buying the original script of the hit show. The original draft of the two episodes that were found in a dustbin 26 years ago by a studio worker will soon be up for auction.
To prevent the leak, the scripts of The One With Ross’s Wedding Part I and Part II were asked to be thrown away after the episodes were filmed in London in 1998. However, one of the scripts was found by the staff members in a dustbin and kept for decades in his bedside drawer.
Both episodes were shot at Fountain Studios in Wembley.
The 60-year-old person, who refuses to disclose his identity, said that he is not a Friends fan and has no idea what to do with them.
''I found them in a bin a couple of week’s after filming had finished,'' he said, as per Telegraph.
“I left Fountain Studios in 1999 and when I came to clear my desk I just swept everything into a big cardboard box. I forgot the scripts were there. They were mixed up in a pile of paperwork.''
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
‘Italy will not...’: Meloni threatens Spain’s Schengen access after thousands enter Ceuta from Morocco
)
World's largest digital camera captures over 500,000 galaxies, 50,000 stars in one stunning image
)
The Royals enter the Doctor Who universe: King Charles and Queen Camilla beam into Commonwealth Games in TARDIS
)
Who is Ruchika Singh, booked for using foul language against PM Modi at Jantar Mantar protests?
)
'I was almost trafficked in Paris,' says Australian woman, shares terrifying ordeal - 'I am on the black market'
)
Why did India turn down the US offer for F-35 fighter jets? EXPLAINED
)
India avoids higher US tariff, secures lower 10% rate. Here's how
)
'Muslims should not befriend kaafirs': Pak Army DG says India-Afghan ties that of 'master-slave'
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
August 2025 movie release calendar: Toxic, Batwara 1947, Awarapan 2 and all big-ticket films hitting theatres
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Meet top 5 bowlers in latest ICC ODI rankings 2026 - check who sits at the top
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Can an S-400 detect a bird?
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
'Fifth-generation fighters': Can the S-400 shoot down an F-35?
)
'FIR not withdrawn' against Noida teen who 'abused' PM Modi despite apology, claims CJP
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Meet top 5 openers with fastest ODI centuries, check who tops list
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Why are iPhones so expensive compared to Android phones?
)
At least 3 killed in mass shooting at Idaho restaurant, shocking video of gunman open firing with AR-style rifle surfaces
)
Trump says Iranian school bombing photos could be AI-generated - 'I don’t think...'
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Meet top 5 batters in latest ICC ODI rankings 2026 - check who sits at the top
)
CJP's Abhijit Dipke speaks to protesting students in Jharkhand, extends support to their demands: Will he go to Ranchi?
)
‘Pakistan eroded India's faith bit by bit’: Indian envoy defends putting Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance
)
What’s happening in Nepal? How did a local clash turn into communal violence? WION Decodes
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
7 longest flights in the world - Singapore, Qantas, Qatar and others
)
Bomb-making note found at Ayodhya medical college, 1st-year student detained. Here’s all we know
)
Have 7,000 Karnataka students tested positive for HIV? Here's the truth
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Meet top 5 bowlers in latest ICC Test rankings 2026 - check who sits at the top
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Meet top 5 batters in latest ICC Test rankings 2026 - check who sits at the top
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Why Russian tanks are much lighter compared to US tanks
)
Tamil Nadu leader Udhayanidhi Stalin draws severe backlash over derogatory remark against Trisha
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
One S-400 battery, dozens of targets: How it fights an air battle in seconds
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
From Tom Holland-Zendaya to Blake Lively-Ryan Reynolds: Actors who met on sets and fell in love and married
)
From trash to energy: Scientists turn plastic waste into Hydrogen fuel using a new technique - Here's how
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Why Russian jets use heavier steel compared to US jets
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
New OTT releases this week (August 3-9, 2026): Main Vaapas Aaunga, Uyir, Operation Safed Sagar- 6 titles coming on Netflix, Prime Video and more
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Why Russian fighter pilots wear blue flight suits compared to US pilots
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
How often does an S-400 need maintenance?
“It wasn’t until I checked through the box a few months later that I found them. They ended up in a bedside drawer and they’ve been there ever since. I could quite easily have thrown them out.''
The man added that he's not a big Friends fan and this script deserves to be owned by a ''big Friends fan.”
The scripts are expected to be sold for between 600 and 800 pounds. However, it could fetch even more money. The script will be put up for auction at Hertfordshire auctioneers Hanson Ross on January 12.
Along with the scripts, a production hoodiewill be put on auction, among other goodies.
It's not clear who the scripts belonged to. But, as Amanda Butler, of Hanson Ross Auctioneers, said "There is a sticker for a chap called John Lanzer who is a set designer so they possibly could have been his."
Butler, who is a big fan of the American sitcom said, ''It's just surreal to read it and see in writing what you've seen on the screen".
The two-part episode finale of Season 4 aired on NBC on May 7, 1998, shows Ross getting married to his British fiancee Emily. However, the twist comes when Rachel jets off to London to tell Ross her feelings. At the same time, the two episodes also mark the start of Monica and Chandler's romance.
