--- title: "Family Guy Actor Pays Huge Ransom for Stolen Bored Ape" description: "Actor Seth Green has been reunited with his pet Bored Ape NFT less than a month after losing it to an anonymous scammer, BuzzFeed News reports." date: "2022-06-09" modified: "2022-06-09" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/seth-green-reunited-kidnapped-bored-ape-nft" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Future Society" tags: - "bored ape" - "nfts" - "the digest" --- # Family Guy Actor Pays Huge Ransom for Stolen Bored Ape ![Actor Seth Green has been reunited with his pet Bored Ape NFT less than a month after losing it to an anonymous scammer, BuzzFeed News reports.]() *\Image: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images\* ## Reunited Actor Seth Green has been reunited with his Bored Ape NFT less than a month after losing it to an anonymous scammer, [*BuzzFeed News* reports](). The NFT, Bored Ape #9398, was meant to star in a TV show created by Green, but the theft threw the project into chaos. The ape was purchased from Green's scammer [for around $200,000]() by a collector who goes by both "Mr Cheese" and "DarkWing87." Now, according to *BuzzFeed*, an unnamed wallet that most likely belongs to the actor appears to have bought the ape back for around $297,000 worth of Ether. That means Green is out almost $300,000 after falling for a common NFT scam, just to get back an NFT he originally owned. The embarrassing development, it's worth pointing out, is symptomatic of much broader issues in the crypto world. Green isn't the first, and won't be the last, to fall for an NFT scam — but not everybody has hundreds of thousands of dollars lying around to recoup their investment. ## Apenapping In mid-May, Green [revealed at an NFT conference]() that he "bought that ape in July 2021, and have spent the last several months developing and exploiting the IP to make it into the star of this show." But then, disaster struck. "Days before he’s set to make his world debut, he’s literally kidnapped," he said at the time. The kidnapping left us — and legal experts — with many questions. Could Green still go ahead in producing the show [without technically owning the rights]() to the Bored Ape? Or, perhaps, did Green [orchestrate the rather convenient story]() to hype up his TV show? Regardless, the unusual — and extremely 2022 — saga clearly has seemingly found a happy ending. The ape in question [still has a "reported for suspicious activity" label]() on the mainstream NFT platform OpenSea, but Green did confirm to *BuzzFeed* on Thursday that the ape is finally "home." **READ MORE:** [Seth Green Got His Bored Ape Back]() \[*BuzzFeed News*\] **More on NFTs:** *[Lawyers Ponder Whether Stealing an NFT Should Give You Legal Rights to It]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()