FTM sent to Opera address using the ERC-20 network -- anyway to recover these funds?

my friend tried to withdraw his ftm to his fantom opera metamask. on the exchange he used the correct fantom opera address but selected the ERC-20 network. is his money gone forever? tried looking for other posts on reddit but all of them seemed to be slightly different circumstances etc. please help my friend is very upset :(

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