Where's my Oscar? Eight times Academy Awards trophies have gone missing

Key developments are emerging from the global stage. Eight times Academy Awards trophies have gone missing 9 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Nardine Saad Los Angeles via Getty Images The coveted Oscars trophy has a long and rich history of going missing, for reasons ranging from burglary and ransom to simple misplacement - even pranks . US actors Angelina Jolie, Jared Leto, Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges have all admitted to losing track of their gilded Academy Awards over the years. One Oscar statuette was recovered this week after its winner was forced to check the trophy at a New York airport.

Security officials told its owner, Mr Nobody Against Putin documentarian Pavel Talankin, that it could be used as weapon and couldn't be transported in his carry-on luggage. The trophy was eventually found by Lufthansa, which said the airline is in direct contact with Talankin to arrange the statue's return. It's the latest instance of the iconic statuettes vanishing and turning up in unexpected ways - if at all.

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Here are a few other recent cases of missing Oscars, and the occasional mishaps that led to their recovery. Missing Oscar found after Academy Award winner blocked from taking it on flight Oscars lost in the Los Angeles wildfires can be replaced Getty Images Costume designer Colleen Atwood poses with her Oscar for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 2017. The Oscar was charred in the Los Angeles wildfires Four-time Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood left three of her statuettes, along with three Baftas and two Emmy Awards, behind when her Pacific Palisades home was evacuated during the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles last year.

While her Oscar for Chicago was safely on display at the film academy's museum, the bronze-filled trophies she earned for her work on Memoirs of a Geisha and Alice in Wonderland completely melted, and the Oscar for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was barely recognisable after its golden overcoat was charred away in the blaze that incinerated her home. After the fires, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it would repair or replace statuettes belonging to living winners in cases of catastrophic loss or severe damage, according to the Los Angeles Times . Strange tales of the vanished Oscars Frances McDormand's was stolen from the Governors Ball Getty Images Frances McDormand attends the 90th Academy Awards Governors Ball in 2018, where her Oscar statuette went missing A man was arrested on suspicion of stealing the statue engraved with Frances McDormand's name from the Governors Ball after the 2018 Academy Awards.

The Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri star reported it missing that night and it was promptly returned to the best actress winner. Los Angeles police said the man had a ticket to the ball, which is the official formal dinner after the ceremony. Despite his arrest, prosecutors ultimately dropped the case in August 2019.

The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.