Funny....
Actually reminds me of a story I read in a book about film producer Tony Tenser back in the 1970s. One of his favourite methods of creating publicity for a film was to have a life size cardboard cut out of the stars placed at the cinema entrance. The cutout would then 'mysteriously disappear' overnight, leading to newspaper stories and lots of publicity for the film.
Restaurant owner upset after thieves steal his Egyptian statue10 Jul 2013 08:57Police called after Ramesses II statue is taken from outside an Eastern European eaterie
An exotic statue has vanished after thieves swiped it from outside a restaurant.
It was one of a pair, each more than five feet tall and weighing 50kgs, and would have needed several people to carry it.
Victim James Corbett, who only opened his Hungry For Hungarian restaurant in Llandudno last month, said: “I’m gutted.”
Police were called after the theft of the Rameses II-style figure from the eaterie in The Lindens House Hotel in Church Walks.
Hotel boss Mr Corbett, 51, said: “Someone’s carried it off. It can’t have been just one person. It must have been two or three because they’re so heavy.”
And after the Egyptian takeaway, he added with black humour: “You could say it walked like an Egyptian.
“It’s annoying because I’m going to have to take the other one in at night now.”
Mr Corbett says the theft is not on CCTV because only Mostyn Street is covered.
He had bought the statues with other commercial equipment from staff at the nearby Pars Restaurant, which has now closed.
He said he had Egyptian themed statues at an east European restaurant because he likes to make a statement – and they’ve proved to be a huge hit with customers and passersby.
He said: “I like eclectic, daft things. The customers love them and people were stopping and taking photographs with them.”
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/llandudno-restaurant-owner-upset-after-4922479
