When asked to add the TV series
Baantjer (1995) to his busy writing schedule, he chose to use the pseudonym "Pieke Daalders". This was to indicate that he only took the job for the money ('piek' being slang for a guilder and 'daalder' for a 2.50 coin). However he enjoyed writing for Baantjer so much that he eventually began writing under his own name.