McDonald's customers who suspended fake posters at the restaurant for 51 days receive $ 25 billion checks from the fast food chain

Two McDonald's customers who have been screened for hanging a poster at a restaurant in Pearland, Texas, were rewarded for their farce with a big gain from the fast food chain.

Jehv Maravilla, 21, and her friend Christian Toledo, 25, placed the sign in the Pearland McDonald's after noting a lack of Asian representation in the marketing materials.

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"We were eating McDonald's one day and we looked around and saw posters that did not have Asians," Maravilla told KHOU 11. "They had to go back and forth. other races but not Asians, up there. "

The duo concocted a project to buy McDonald's uniforms of goodwill and create fake badges for their signage to be placed in the store.

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Although friends worried about "getting in trouble," the sign remained in the store without being noticed for 51 days – until both men published their joke on Twitter, where it became viral.

Now they are rewarded for their shot.

During the "Ellen DeGeneres Show," the two men discovered that McDonald's wanted a greater representation of Asian Americans in its marketing, and will feature Maravilla and Toledo in a forthcoming campaign. But the good news does not stop there: everyone will receive a check for $ 25,000 for their participation in the promotion.

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As for the photo, a member of the McDonald's office told them that he had to be kidnapped for renovations, but that it was going to be auctioned and the proceeds would go to Ronald McDonald House Charity. Houston.

Fox News' Michelle Gant contributed to this report.