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.
une do te shkoj ne nje me te panjohur sesa ky, ne vitin 1974, gjate prodhimit te komedise se cuditshme vazhdimit te "Skifterit Maltez," e thirrur "zogu i zi," me aktor George Segal, Muze i qarkut te artit ne Los Angeles ka pasur nje origjinal allcie te Skifterit Maltez-- nje nga 6 allcite origjinale. mendoj, te bera per filmin -- te vjedhura nga muzeu, Shume njerez menduan qe ishte nje marifet publiciteti per filmin.