 On 6 March 2008 it was reported that Stawinoga had left thousands of pounds' worth of pension money that had been untouched.Wolverhampton Council traced the rightful heirs to Stawinoga's estate, two women and one man from Vienna, Austria, but their identities were not released.A BBC1 programme, "Heir Hunters", broadcast on 21 July 2008, showed a search for heirs to his estate which had been listed on "bona vacantia".