There is no doubt about it, you should have swallowed that thing, and then gotten yourself a nice fat paycheck...

Get some moneys.

Someone's gonna get paaaaaaiidddd
But in all seriousness you should do this:
Send them a picture of the washer, blindfolded, that says 'We have your secret ingredient, we want 1,000,000 marshmallows, or else.'
Then, when you receive the marshmallows, make a fort.