Toy shop assistant, Petr Botek, even stole figures to order (Picture: CEN)

He might have been recruiting extras for the next Lego movie, but he wasn’t.

This toyshop employee stole thousands of Lego figures selling them on his own online Lego store, even stealing specific characters to order.

Petr Botek stole 6,100 Lego figures worth an estimated £15,000 from a toyshop in Kladno, a city in Northern Czech Republic.

Botek would look through Lego box sets for the most popular and priciest figures before resealing the boxes.


This ongoing thievery was found out only after the toyshop owner repeatedly received complaints from customers claiming the Lego boxes were missing figures.

6,100 Lego figures, worth approximately £15,000, were stolen by Botek and resold on the internet (Picture: CEN)

The owner went straight to Lego who informed him that due to his being the only store who was experiencing such issues that it must be someone at the shop stealing the plastic toys.



Czech Police then took over the investigation who successfully tracked down Botek and his deception.

Police spokeswoman Jana Steinerova spoke of the crime: ‘The figures can’t be bought individually because they come as a part of different sets.

‘But officers found that the shop worker had been taking individual figures and was selling them online in his own private Lego store.’

The crooked toyshop assistant faces 5 years in prison.