Oscar statuette found after being confiscated by agents at New York's JFK

Pavel Talankin, star and co-director of documentary 'Mr Nobody Against Putin', was told trophy posed a security risk

Pavel Talankin claims his Oscar statuette never made it to Frankfurt despite it being checked into the hold of the plane. Picture: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP

The Oscar statuette belonging to Pavel Talankin, star and co-director of the Academy Award-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin, that went missing after being confiscated by airport officials in New York has been found.

Talankin said he lost his Oscar after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at New York’s John F Kennedy airport refused to let him bring it on a Lufthansa flight to Germany, claiming it could be used as a weapon.