Lupita Nyong'o Stolen Oscars Dress Returned To Hotel
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The
pearl
dress
that
actress
Lupita
Nyong'o
flaunted
at
the
Oscars
red
carpet
has
reportedly
been
returned
to
the
hotel
from
where
it
was
stolen
for
being
studded
with
"fake
pearls".
The
thieves
dumped
the
actress's
custom
Calvin
Klein
Oscar
dress,
which
was
stolen
from
her
hotel
room
two
days
ago,
in
a
garbage
bag
and
it
was
returned
to
The
London
West
Hollywood
Friday,
reports
tmz.com.
"A
guy
called
us
at
around
2:30
p.m.
Friday
and
said
he
had
taken
the
dress
from
Lupita's
hotel
room
after
he
noticed
the
door
was
ajar," said
a
source.
The
anonymous
caller
said
that
after
stealing
the
gown,
he
and
other
thieves
removed
several
of
the
6,000
Akoya
pearls
(rumoured
to
be
worth
approximately
$150,000)
from
the
dress,
and
had
them
appraised
by
jewellery
experts
in
the
Los
Angeles
garment
district,
who
determined
the
pearls
to
be
fake.