The money found in a safe box at Barclays Queensway by DCI detectives was genuine money, a suspect has told the court.
Erick Adede, the owner of the safe box found at Barclays, told the court the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti must be ordered to produce the money within 24 hours.
Adede said the money was genuine 20 million dollars.
The new twist is likely to place a sharp focus on the operations of the DCI as they said the money was fake cash that was being used to dupe investors.
The story emerged on March 19 when Kinoti reported that Sh2 billion in fake US dollars was found stashed in Barclays Bank client's safe deposit box.
It was not immediately clear how the DCI boss had established that the cash was fake.
Adede is facing fraud charges together with Mahamed Ejaz (alias Ahmed Shah), Mary Mwangi (alias Elizabeth Muthoni) and Irene Kimani (alias Charity).
He was released on a cash bail of Sh500, 000.