Sergio Peralta, the mastermind, was released from prison in 1998. In 2003, he died of a heart attack. The trophy was never discovered. Instead, the CBF received a copy of the Jules Rimet Trophy in 1984. "The World Cup of Football was stolen in 1966." BBC News, 20 March 1966, accessed 28 June 2010. Atherton The Jules Rimet trophy has been lost for 30 years this month (the precise anniversary is December 20), having been taken in Brazil and allegedly melted into gold bars by its captors. It was hunted by the Nazis and stolen before the 1966 World Cup, only to be returned by a black and white collie. Sergio Peralta, the mastermind, was released from prison in 1998. In 2003, he died of a heart attack. The trophy was never discovered. Instead, the CBF received a copy of the Jules Rimet Trophy in 1984. "The World Cup of Football was stolen in 1966." BBC News, 20 March 1966, accessed 28 June 2010. Atherton