More than two years after it was stolen from a display case at Lower Merion High School and following a trip halfway around the world and back, Kobe Bryant's high school uniform has been returned.
The jersey was acquired by Liu Zhe, a China resident, in October 2018, after it resurfaced some 6,300 miles from where it was last seen in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Liu, a 28-year-old self-proclaimed Kobe fanatic purchased it to add to the Kobe collection that he keeps in his home in Harbin, the capital of the Heilongjiang province in China.
Liu, who proudly displays his Bryant memorabilia on his Instagram account, was contacted by an online seller, who gauged Liu's interest in the item.