The slippers were stolen in 2005 and remained missing for 13 years until the FBI recovered them in a sting operation in 2018.
A man has been charged with stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard Of Oz.A grand jury indicted Terry Martin on Tuesday with one count of theft of a major artwork, federal prosecutors in North Dakota announced on Wednesday.
The indictment alleges that in 2005, Martin stole an authentic pair of shoes that Garland's character, Dorothy, wore in the 1939 film.The shoes are one of four remaining pairs of red slippers Garland wore in the movie. They are famously associated with one of the iconic lines in the musical. When Garland's character Dorothy clicks her heels and repeats the phrase,"There's no place like home", she is transported back to Kansas.
Federal prosecutors said in a news release that when the slippers were stolen they were insured for $1m but the current market value is about $3.5m .
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