Police are investigating after CCTV footage shows a couple allegedly stealing a statue of Jesus from an Auckland chapel this morning.
The statue was allegedly stolen, along with a Little Infant Prague statue, from the Carmelite Monastery in Royal Oak, Auckland, on Friday morning.
Photos posted to Facebook show a man and a woman walking out of the chapel with the status and into a car parked outside.
![The pair enter the church. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JBPYOLHWITS56KGSNCUKC6KOIY.jpg?auth=d0fff53d74762bd9fdb5f5329c9ff99fc0ab20167f95d2ed7c7f71a5c38bde6d&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
The Facebook post asks public for any information on the incident, which is said to have taken place between 6.49am and 7am on Friday.