1m Emerald And Diamond Ring Left In Hotel

Published on 23/01/12

Police in Hong Kong are hunting for an emerald and diamond ring worth over £1million which was stolen after its socialite owner left it in a hotel bathroom.
Swiss jeweller Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, 49, forgot she had taken the ring off to wash her hands after visiting the ladies' room of the Four Seasons Hotel's Harbour View ballroom in Hong Kong.
She raced back seven minutes later only to discover it had gone.
The stunning piece made by Chopard, the family firm which Mrs Gruosi-Scheufele runs with her brother Karl, consists of a 16.83 carat emerald sitting between two diamonds of 1.15 and 1.29 carats, with another 674 small diamonds around the band.