Someone "kidnapped" Seth Green's NFT ape and now he cannot make a show based on it
Without the usage rights to the online characters, the show cannot move forward
Well, Seth Green’s terrible idea for a Bored Ape series based on the characters he accrued has sunk. The actor fell victim to a common phishing scam and several of the images were stolen from his crypto wallet, including one Bored Ape worth $200,000.
He recently took to Twitter, begging fellow crypto bros to not purchase the stolen NFTs and even attempted to contact someone who did buy one.
“Well frens it happened to me. Got phished and had 4NFT stolen,” Green wrote on Twitter on May 17. “Please don’t buy or trade these while I work to resolve: @DarkWing84 looks like you bought my stolen ape—hit me up so we can fix it.”
For Green, this phishing stalls his plans for a series titled White Horse Tavern, which follows the premise: “What if your friendly neighborhood bartender was Bored Ape Yacht Club #8398?” You can see the haloed Bored Ape named Fred Simian in a trailer for White Horse Tavern.