It sounds like story straight out of The Onion, but German authorities have found the stolen "golden biscuit" taken by a thief claiming to be the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster from German cookie company hanging from a horse statue in Hanover, Germany.
British newspaper The Telegraph reports that the cookie-shaped ornament, taken from a statue outside German cookie manufacturer Bahlsen's headquarters last month, has been found hanging around the neck of a horse outside Hanover's Leibniz University.
The theft had made international news after the company received a ransom note and a photo of the alleged thief dressed as the Cookie Monster while holding the stolen gilded bronze biscuit.
The "Cookie Monster" demanded that Bahlsen donate free cookies to a local children's hospital.
Bahlsen chief executive Werner Bahlsen promised to donate to the hospital, along with 52 other organizations, a total of 52,000 biscuits if the sign was returned unharmed.
Last week, the Associated Press reported that German police had received a second ransom note from the "Cookie Monster" composed of cut out magazine letters.
Click her for pictures of the note and the "Cookie Monster."
Click here to see Bahlsen's statue before and after the theft.
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