I'll go you one stranger than that: In 1974, during the production of a weird comedy sequel to "The Maltese Falcon," called "The Black Bird," starring George Segal, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art had a plaster original of the Maltese Falcon -- one of the original six plasters, I think, made for the movie -- stolen out of the museum. A lot of people thought it was a publicity stunt for the movie.
Jeg vil gerne tage den et skridt videre. I 1974, under produktionen af en mærkelig komedie-fortsættelse til "Ridderfalken", ved navn "The Black Bird", med George Segal, havde Los Angeles Country Museum of Art en gips-originaludgave af Ridderfalken -- en af de oprindelige seks gipsudgaver, tror jeg, lavet til filmen -- som blev stjålet fra museet. En del folk mente at det var et PR-stunt for filmen.