MISPLACED sex toys, false teeth, and even an urn containing a mystery person’s ashes are among the strangest items left behind on London’s transport network.
Transport bosses have revealed the chilling case of an unclaimed urn handed in as lost property – with nobody ever coming forward to collect the remains.
The haunting find is among a string of bizarre belongings logged by staff at Transport for London’s Lost Property Office.
Last year alone, a staggering 20 sex toys were handed in after being abandoned across the capital.
Only three red-faced owners came back to claim their kinky items.
In another eyebrow-raising moment, one forgetful passenger even returned to pick up a prescription for Viagra after leaving it behind mid-journey.
But the list of odd lost items does not stop there.
A whopping 88 wigs were logged as lost property, with only 11 reunited with their owners.
Two sets of false teeth were also handed in and never reclaimed.
Despite the weird and wonderful finds, there is serious cash involved too.
TfL raked in £143,000 last year from selling off unclaimed items.
In addition, a huge £277,000 in lost cash was never reunited with its owners.
Among the priciest items flogged at auction were a Fujifilm camera, which fetched £463, and an Apple iPad Pro that sold for £438.
The cash raised from sales, unclaimed money and admin fees is pumped back into running the Lost Property Office.
The figures, revealed through a Freedom of Information request, also expose the sheer scale of forgetfulness among commuters.
Every month, around 2,100 phones, 1,100 sets of keys, 1,300 pairs of glasses and 3,500 bags are left behind on London’s transport.
Only around one in seven items ever make it back to their owners.
More than half of all lost items are ditched on buses, with most of the rest found on the Tube.
Unclaimed belongings are held for three months before being donated, recycled, binned or auctioned off.
Cash is kept for a year before being banked.
Items that are not sold are passed on to charities including the British Red Cross, the Salvation Army and Scope.
