I don't know exactly where the idea came from that he's almost reaching 1 BTC
That is the internet trend, people love to change something into their own version of story and recycle it over internet again and again that is how we find some news that happened a decade ago now resurface by connecting with other incident. People just love the attention for their creation and they don't hesitate to lie for it. 
@OP, You meant Find a side hustle?
Exactly, probably somewhere someone decided to embellish the story a little and the value was changed
I'll translate what he himself said in the article: https://portaldobitcoin.uol.com.br/sucateiro-que-recicla-para-comprar-bitcoin-quer-ir-alem-do-lucro-e-foca-na-educacao/
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Recently, a profile on X stated that Oliveira was close to reaching the 1 Bitcoin mark, or about R$ 630,000. However, he says he is far from that amount, but that he is not necessarily seeking to reach that goal: “Honestly, I even dream of 1 BTC, but I'm not fixated on it. My partnership with Bitcoin was never about getting rich, but rather about not getting poorer.”