Lupita Nyong'o's Pearl Oscars Dress Found; $150K Gown Recovered In A Bathroom

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Lupita Nyong'o's pearl dress has been found at the hotel bathroom.

The New York Daily News reported that Nyong'o's pearl dress worth $150K has been discovered by the police in a bathroom of the London West Hollywood hotel.

"The anonymous caller, who reached out to TMZ around 2:30 p.m. Friday, claimed they noticed the door to Nyong'o's room was ajar and grabbed the dress, created from 6,000 white pearls," the site wrote

The L.A County Sheriff's Department found the dress in a garbage bag located in a bathroom next to the hotel's fitness center.

"Hotel staff searched and found the dress in a bag hidden behind a counter in the bathroom, we believe this is the dress stolen from the hotel," said Lt. Mike White of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department on the ABC News.

White added that the said dress will be under their custody, saying: "We will maintain custody of the dress until a rep from the company or the victims comes to claim it."

As of this writing, investigators said that there are no suspects yet and the officials are reviewing the surveillance video. The investigators also found that some pearls have fallen of the dress, but it is still intact.

Lupita Nyong'o's pearl dress that is made up of more than 6,000 pearls and valued at $150,000 was designed by Francisco Costa. It was stolen on Wednesday Feb. 25 on her room at the London Hotel in West Hollywood while she was out.

However, it is reported that the robber and his friends have taken two pearls of the gown to a garment district in L.A and found out that the gems were fake, reports New York Daily News.

Academy Award-winner Nyong'o won the Best Supporting Actress in Oscar last year and she presented this year's award, wearing the pearl dress, at the 87th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles California on Sunday Feb. 22

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