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Paper steals Empire State Building

Updated on 03 December 2008

Source PA News

A New York newspaper has stolen the Empire State Building in a bid to expose a loophole in the city's legal system.

In what it described as "one of the biggest heists in American history", the New York Daily News stole the two billion dollar (£1.35 billion) 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper in the heart of Manhattan.

The newspaper, which listed original King Kong star Fay Wray as a witness in the documents, made a fake £20 notary stamp which shared a name with bank robber Willie Sutton, and filed paperwork with the city to transfer the deed to the property.

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