Stolen giant gilded cookie sculpture recovered in Germany

Written by Associated Press

Thursday, 07 February 2013 11:16

The local newspaper received a picture of someone dressed like Sesame Street's Cookie Monster and a letter demanding cookies be delivered to children in a hospital. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com and Clars Auction Gallery.

BERLIN (AP) – German police have recovered a cookie sculpture that may have been stolen by someone impersonating the Cookie Monster.

Spokeswoman Jacobe Heers says the 20-kilogram (44 pound) gilded sculpture was found Tuesday morning outside a university. It was hanging from the neck of a horse sculpture with a red ribbon.

The century-old cookie was reported stolen last month from the office of a bakery company in Hannover.

A local newspaper later received a letter demanding cookies be delivered to children at a hospital. The paper also received a picture of someone dressed like Sesame Street's Cookie Monster holding what appeared to be the stolen cookie.

The Bahlsen company promised a reward of 52,000 packets of cookies for a charitable cause if their emblem turned up.

No suspect has been apprehended.

AP-WF-02-05-13 1725GMT

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Last Updated on Thursday, 07 February 2013 11:31