Thief passed diamond coated egg through his anus fully intact after swallowing it

A Fabergé egg valued at £14,250 has been “naturally recovered” from a thief accused of swallowing it six days ago.

 

The 32-year-old man was arrested at Partridge Jewellers in Auckland, New Zealand, on November 28 after he reportedly swallowed the jewel, named the Octopussy egg, which is only one of 50 in the world. It was crafted from gold and encrusted with 183 diamonds and two sapphires. And when it opens, it reveals an 18-carat gold octopus inside with diamond suckers and eyes – inspiring the James Bond film of the same name.

 

 

New images show the egg being held by a gloved hand in some tissue after it was pooped out whole by the thief and passed to police. 

 

Police said: “Medical intervention was not required.”

 

Officers were stationed by the man round-the-clock to make sure they recovered the egg before it could be destroyed or swallowed again. 

 

Police said earlier this week: “Given this man is in police custody, we have a duty of care to continue monitoring him given the circumstances of what has occurred.”

 

Despite spending nearly a week inside the man’s body, the price tag for the egg remarkably has not gone down.

 

Partridge Jewellers said the locket will be returned to Fabergé, Radio NZ reported. 

 

The man has since been charged with theft, but according to the BBC he has also been charged with stealing an iPad from the same store and making away with cat litter and flea control products from a private address a day after. 

 

Fabergé is a world-renowned jeweller founded in Russia more than two centuries ago.