Search is on for golden cookie stolen in Germany

BERLIN (AP) - Missing: One golden cookie, weighing around 20kg. Suspect: The Cookie Monster?

The rectangular gilded bronze sculpture was part of a statue gracing the facade of German cookie baker Bahlsen's Hannover office. How the century-old symbol was taken remains unclear, but police say witnesses reported having seen two men with a ladder in the area earlier this month. 

The company has offered (euro) 1,000 (S$1,670) for information leading to the cookie's recovery. A police statement said a local newspaper received a picture on Tuesday showing someone in an outfit similar to Sesame Street's Cookie Monster holding a golden cookie.

The sender wrote to demand cookies be delivered to children at a city hospital. Police aren't sure if it's the same cookie, or a real claim of responsibility.