These Valuable Movie Props Were Lost for Years Before They Resurfaced

The Maltese Falcon Was in a Restaurant

In 2007, one of the Maltese Falcons used in a 1941 Humphrey Bogart film was taken from John’s Grill restaurant in San Francisco, California. The restaurant’s owner, John Konstin, had bought the statue from an actor who played a henchman in the movie. Left with no choice, Konstin spent $25,000 to create a bronze and lead replica of the bird.