It has been recalled through a series of memoirs that one of the journalists who was among those to take first photos of Imam in France.
The journalist had asked Imam’s a question that there were too much speculation circulating that Ayatollah Khomeini is very rich, even more than the Shah; is this true?"
Imam at this question smiled and said, "I have nothing, and what I have belongs to the people of Iran."
(Extracted from a collection of memoirs about Imam)