it usage

Which are correct:

[color=red]1-The old man, he was sleeping.
2-The money, it was on the table.

3-Money, it was everywhere.
4-Money, it was hard to find.
5-Books, they were scattered on the floor.

“1” and “2” seem fine to me but I have doubts about “3”, “4” and “5”.

I think all are correct.

looks good to me too!

Thank you Jed and TutorBrian.

Can’t “4” be read in two ways:
4-Money, it was hard to find.

The “it” could be considered as a pronoun replacing “money”.

It could also be considered a “prop it”.

Consider:

The policeman. it was easy to bribe.
(Meaning: It was easy to bribe the policeman.)
The object is fronted in this case, as in:
John, I talked to.
(Meaning: I talked to John.)

The policeman is a person, so you need to refer to a person with he or she. “The policeman. He was easy to bribe”

Thanks again TutorBrian.

So although:
a-John, I bribed. (Meaning: I bribed John.)
is correct
b-John, it was easy to bribe. (Meaning: It was easy to bribe John.)
is incorrect?

John, he was easy to bribe.

It was easy to bribe John.

This seems a strange sort of exercise, producing unnatural structures.