The first of the actor’s three Oscars was stolen in a targeted break-in at the offices of the Chaplin Association by knowledgeable thieves in late January, says Hollywood reporter, citing the newspaper Le Parisienreported.
The statue, valued at over $1 million, was lifted along with a set of pens valued at $90,000 (€80,000) each.
"The perpetrators of the break-in targeted only those objects and nothing else. They were perfectly informed," an unnamed police source told the newspaper. The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an official inquiry, and the special police task force from the repression of banditry brigade (BRB) in charge of art thefts is leading the investigation.
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