A bizarre incident involving a man who allegedly swallowed a diamond-encrusted Faberge egg has taken an unusual turn. The 32-year-old thief, who was accused of stealing the rare egg from a store in Auckland, New Zealand, had been under police surveillance for six days before it was finally recovered.
The Faberge egg, valued at around $20,000 and inspired by the James Bond film "Octopussy," is a replica of one of Russia's House of Faberge's famous Easter eggs. It features an 18k gold lattice framework set with blue sapphires and white diamonds in a floral design.
According to charging documents, the man was arrested on November 29th after allegedly swallowing the egg. Police had assigned an officer to watch over him while waiting for nature to deliver the trinket.
The recovered egg is now in police custody, bringing an end to a bizarre and unprecedented ordeal. The incident serves as a reminder of the lengths some individuals will go to get their hands on rare and valuable items.
It's worth noting that this incident comes on the heels of another Faberge-related auction sale earlier this week, where a rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg sold for $30.2 million in London, setting new records in the art world.
The case has left many wondering how the man managed to swallow the egg without causing any serious harm, and what will become of the recovered item now that it's back in police custody.
The Faberge egg, valued at around $20,000 and inspired by the James Bond film "Octopussy," is a replica of one of Russia's House of Faberge's famous Easter eggs. It features an 18k gold lattice framework set with blue sapphires and white diamonds in a floral design.
According to charging documents, the man was arrested on November 29th after allegedly swallowing the egg. Police had assigned an officer to watch over him while waiting for nature to deliver the trinket.
The recovered egg is now in police custody, bringing an end to a bizarre and unprecedented ordeal. The incident serves as a reminder of the lengths some individuals will go to get their hands on rare and valuable items.
It's worth noting that this incident comes on the heels of another Faberge-related auction sale earlier this week, where a rare crystal and diamond Fabergé egg sold for $30.2 million in London, setting new records in the art world.
The case has left many wondering how the man managed to swallow the egg without causing any serious harm, and what will become of the recovered item now that it's back in police custody.
this guy is literally crazy!! swallowed a diamond-encrusted Faberge egg thinking he could just spit it out? lol nope didn't work out for him 
anyway glad the egg is safe and all but seriously what kinda meds was that dude on to even think of doing such a thing? 
now where's this guy gonna end up? prison or some kinda rehab facility? 
That's some crazy stuff right there! It's like he must've really wanted that thing bad or just wanted to see what would happen if he did it. Either way, I'm glad no one got seriously hurt and the police were able to recover the egg. But at the same time, $20k isn't even a drop in the bucket compared to the $30.2 million some other people paid for that same type of thing! Rich folk can be wild, you know? 
I mean, who swallows a diamond-encrusted Faberge egg?! The thought of that 18k gold lattice framework and those blue sapphires going down the hatch 
is just wild.
. But one thing's for sure: whoever gets their hands on this recovered Faberge egg is gonna be very, very rich 
I guess it just goes to show you how desperate people can get for rare and valuable stuff. And now we're left wondering what happens to the egg - is it gonna be displayed somewhere as some kind of weird art piece? 
! I mean, I know people can be crazy for stuff but this is just wild 
Either way, I'm just glad no one got hurt 
. This just goes to show how obsessed people can be with rare stuff 
anyway its crazy to think about the lengths people will go to get their hands on something super valuable... reminds me of that one time our school's math team found a 100-dollar bill in the cafeteria and freaked out lol.
. It sounds like they were trying to do a sting operation or something, but it just ended up being a weird and unnecessary ordeal 
. Whoever ends up with it will likely have a pretty sweet collection of fancy eggs