Piers Morgan offers £1000 to charity to return stolen Big Ben costume that became a viral hit at the 2019 London Marathon
PIERS Morgan offered a thousand pounds to charity if a Good Morning Britain viewer could help return a stolen Big Ben costume to a London Marathon runner.
The moment the runner dressed as Big Ben crashed into the roof of the finishing line went viral on Sunday – but his cardboard tower was nicked from outside the pub as he celebrated hours later.
Piers branded the incident "sickening" today and said: "He runs 26 miles to the finishing line, we know what happens, this disaster, he crashes into the finishing line roof.
"So when you thought that couldn't get any worse, he finally gets under, goes to the pub to celebrate and while he's in the pub, someone nicks Big Ben. Gone.
"Imagine stealing Big Ben from a marathon runner. How sick have you got to be? If anyone has seen a large cardboard Big Ben can you please us and we will return it to this poor bloke who has run for charity."
Piers then went one step further and decided to give a cash reward to get the costume returned.
He said: "Where do you hide a 10ft high Big Ben? I am offering a £500 reward just enough to tempt people out to frame him. Whoever the thief is.
"Let's make it a thousand. I'll offer a thousand pound reward of my pwn money for the safe return of the Big Ben."
The bloke's unfortunate final hurdle was caught in a spectacular video which was widely shared online on Sunday.
The clip shows the runner at the very end of his 26.2 mile run through the capital today.
As he reaches the London Marathon finish line, the top of his spire gets caught on some scaffolding.
It's made even more amusing by the fact that he can't bend down to get under the structure.
A kind stranger comes rushing to his aid, and the pair struggle to get the massive clock costume over the line in a decent time.
Social media users couldn't stop themselves chiming in about the fun runner's disastrous final hurdle.
One wrote: "He timed that well."
Another said: "Parliament, can't get anything over the line at the minute."
The men's elite race was won by Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, who romped home for a record fourth victory.
Sir Mo Farah, 36, was forced to settle for fifth place.
Brigid Kosgei made it a Kenyan double to win women's race in a time of 2:18:19 — a personal best.
Prince Harry was also at the marathon today handing out medals and chatting to race organisers, betraying no signs of nerves despite his first child being due any time now.
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