Lindsay Lohan is under investigation by London police in connection with the theft of jewellery from an Elle photoshoot.

The Mean Girls star posed in the jewellery for a spread in fashion glossy Elle. According to sources Lohan kept asking about the gems before allegedly leaving with them. An insider said, “She kept asking if she could have them. We all thought she was joking.”

When the jewellers first realised the £30,000 worth of jewellery was missing they raised the alarm with the editors of Elle. After spending two weeks trying to contact Lohan, who has now left the country, Elle has handed the matter over to police.

Lohan has previously been caught in a fracas over stolen goods with Louis Vuitton, who now refuse to deal with her at all. She was once also accused of stealing a Russian student's inherited fur coat.