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Long-lost Apex Legends Global Series trophy pops back up after two years

Someone acquired the trophy during a police auction and is now trying to sell it back to the original winner.
Ben Lyons Senior Editor 19 July 2024

Back in 2022, Team Singularity won the Apex Legends Global Series South America Split 1 Playoffs, but following their victory the team had to return home trophyless as the award was lost in a customs mishap, meaning they went missing never to be found again.

However, as Dexerto has noticed, the trophy has now popped back up, as X user mrvn_444 has taken to the social media platform to reveal that he has acquired the trophy as part of a police auction for a random box. This individual then took to X to reach out to the trophy's original winner, Hernandes "Besk9" Mateus dos Santos in an attempt to sell the trophy back to him for a premium price.

https://x.com/Besk9_/status/1813322137265926619

The seller claims that he wants financial compensation for returning the trophy to Besk9 as it's embroidered in 24-carat gold, but another winner of the regional event in EMEA, Francisco "k4shera" Alves has taken to X to reveal that his trophy is far from being as high-quality as mrvn_444 seems to believe is the case.

https://x.com/k4shera/status/1813343740364234920

What would you do in this bizarre situation?

Senior Editor Ben was a Senior Editor at Gamereactor UK. When he wasn’t writing, editing or filming for Gamereactor, he could usually be found playing an FPS or getting lost in a sprawling RPG.
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