The Metropolitan police are looking into the disappearance of £250,000 worth of Dior diamond jewellery from a Lindsay Lohan photoshoot.

The shoot took place at Big Sky Studios in Brewery Road, Islington, London on June 6th, but news of the investigation into the missing diamonds didn’t break until this week, long after Lohan, 22, had flown back to her Los Angeles home.

The diamond necklace and earrings were created by Dior specially for the photoshoot for Elle magazine. It’s reported that Lohan had asked about whether she could keep the jewellery, but there’s no suggestion at the moment that she is any more of a suspect than the other dozen or so people who were there on the day.

Apparently (and somewhat surprisingly) the loss of the jewellery wasn’t noticed, and policed weren’t informed, until two days after the Islington shoot.

Lindsay Lohan has come to the attention of the authorites once or twice in the past. She was involved in a series of car accidents in 2004,’05,’06, including one where a papparazzo crashed into her car.

Another incident in 2007 saw Lohan being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and she also had cocaine in her blood and in her possession.  Lohan spent three spells in rehabilitation clinics in 2007 and was also sentenced to a day in jail.

It’s not unknown for models and celebrities to hang on to clothes and shoes after a fashion photoshoot, but it would be taking things to a new level to walk away with diamond jewellery of this value.

There comes a tipping point where the actual value of the jewellery outweighs the PR value of the reports of its desirability to famous names.  £250,000 would appear to be well past this tipping point for Dior: they are said to be livid at the loss.

See also: Jennifer Lopez walks away with loaned diamonds, 6th March 2009