Laszlo Csongradi, a gold medallist in the men’s team sabre event in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, has been left in a harrowing situation.

The Hungarian fencer’s gold medal was stolen from his home, earlier this month, when he was asleep. The situation left him so hollow that he offered to will the stolen gold medal to the thief if it was returned safely.

“For two weeks, I can’t calm down and be happy, because everything reminds me of my stolen Olympic gold medal,” Csongradi told Hungary’s Sportal website.

“I would give everything to the culprit, but I want him to return the worthless object that means nothing to him. Drop it in the mailbox and if you want, I won’t leave it to a museum in my will, I’ll bequeath it to him.”

The local police has still not identified the culprit while the Olympian suggested that the prestigious medal was stored in his cupboard and the thief left the room only when he came out and shouted at him.

The 65-year-old former Olympian also said that, out of all the things that he had in the cupboard, the thief was only interested in stealing the 1988 Olympic gold medal.

“He could have taken other important things, but for some reason (the medal) was all he was interested in,” Csongradi said.

“The thief touched many things, many fingerprints were left behind, but there is nothing to identify them. I don’t know what to do to get the message across to him: I don’t want to hurt him. … You can negotiate with me.”