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This feature article documents multiple cases of Academy Award trophies that have been lost, stolen, or misplaced over the years. Notable instances include Frances McDormand's Oscar being stolen from the Governors Ball in 2018, Whoopi Goldberg's Oscar disappearing during shipping for cleaning, and a shipment of 52 statuettes being discovered in a Los Angeles rubbish bin. The article also covers recent incidents involving Pavel Talankin's Oscar being confiscated at airport security and Colleen Atwood's trophies being destroyed in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
Pavel Talankin, co-director of best documentary winner Mr Nobody Against Putin, was forced by TSA to check his Academy Award on a flight from JFK to Frankfurt. The Oscar was sent to the cargo hold and never arrived in Germany. After his co-director David Borenstein announced the loss on social media, Lufthansa located the missing statuette two days later.
Pavel Talankin's Oscar for his documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin was found by Lufthansa in Frankfurt after it went missing following an incident at JFK airport where TSA deemed the statuette a potential weapon. The airline apologised for the inconvenience and is arranging its return. Talankin, who has flown with his Oscar multiple times before without issues, was forced to check the award, which was then lost during the flight to Germany.
The airline said it regrets the situation and was doing an urgent "comprehensive internal search" for the award.
