--- description: 'Wolf of Wall Street' producer Joey McFarland agreed to hand over items allegedly bought with money stolen from Malaysia's 1MDB fund title: Returned 1MDB Loot Includes ‘King Kong’ Poster, Basquiat image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2c09405176fe289/698a0001db29879f44263d55/joey-mcfarland-imdb-basquiat.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Malaysia](/tag/malaysia/) ## Malaysia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Latest Returned 1MDB Loot Includes a Vintage _King Kong_ Poster and a Basquiat Drawing by [Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:33 PM CUTPublished: Jul 16, 2019 6:36 AM CUT  Producer Joey McFarland at Regal LA Live Stadium 14 in Los Angeles, Calif. on June 6, 2017. Producer Joey McFarland at Regal LA Live Stadium 14 in Los Angeles, Calif. on June 6, 2017.Tibrina Hobson—Getty Images by [Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:33 PM CUTPublished: Jul 16, 2019 6:36 AM CUT A vintage French “King Kong” poster, a Jean-Michel Basquiat drawing, and several luxury watches are among the latest haul of returned treasures that were allegedly bought with money stolen from the Malaysian 1MDB state fund. “Wolf of Wall Street” producer Joey McFarland agreed to hand over the items that he said he received as gifts from Low Taek Jho, the alleged mastermind behind the theft of billions of dollars from the Malaysian fund, and his accomplices, according to a filing Monday in Los Angeles federal court. McFarland, who according to the Justice Department, co-founded Red Granite Pictures with Riza Aziz, the stepson of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, said he didn’t know that the gifts may have been purchased with funds diverted from 1MDB. Red Granite last year paid $60 million to settle claims it financed the 2013 film “Wolf of Wall Street”, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, with stolen Malaysian money. According the U.S. forfeiture complaint, Aziz spent at least $5.4 million on collectible movie posters and the walls of his condominium in New York were covered with them. He also gave a number of them to McFarland, DiCaprio and Scorcese, according to the Justice Department. 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