Police in New Zealand have recovered a James Bond-inspired Faberge pendant after six days of closely watching the man accused of swallowing the jewellery in an Auckland store.

They said the pendant valued at £33,000 NZ dollars (£14,225) was recovered on Thursday night after it exited the suspect’s gastrointestinal tract naturally without medical intervention.

The limited-edition Faberge egg pendant was inspired by the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy, in which a jewel-smuggling operation involves a fake Faberge egg.

The man was arrested inside Partridge Jewellers in Auckland on November 28 shortly after the alleged theft.

He made a court appearance on November 29, when he did not enter a plea to a charge of theft.

Since then, he has been in police custody and officers had been stationed

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