The American actress Francis McDormand, who became the winner of the "Oscar-2018" in the nomination "Best Actress", stole a statuette.

An unfortunate event occurred after the ceremony nagrostzhennya during the party, reports NME.

An unidentified man grabbed the award at a time when McDormand had left her and communicated with other stars.

The journalist of The New York Times Kara Buckley wrote on her Twitter that the kidnapper was stopped by one of the photographers, he took the statuette from the thief before he disappeared in the crowd.

Buckley also published a photo of a man he calls a suspect, with an Oscar in his hand. The journalist added that McDormand asked to release the kidnapper. It is also reported that the suspect was detained, and the statuette returned to its owner.

Recall that during the "Oscar-2018" ceremony, host Jimmy Kimmel joked Putin.