Jules Rimet by the thieves, although there is no conclusive proof of this. The Brazilian Football Confederation had a replica of the trophy made. Rumours of the various disappearances of the trophy and its final resting place still persist. A statue of Rimet stands in Theuley in the middle of a penalty box, complete with goal. Rimet was portrayed by Academy Award-nominated French actor Gérard Depardieu in the 2014 biographical drama "United Passions". Jules Rimet Jules Rimet (; 14 October 1873 – 16 October 1956) was a French football administrator who was the 3rd President of FIFA, serving from 1921 to 1954.
Theft of the Jules Rimet Trophy had also approached him for the job, but he refused out of patriotism and because his brother had died of a heart attack when Brazil won the Jules Rimet Trophy. Peralta and the rest of the suspects were arrested, and it was claimed that the trophy was melted into gold bars by Juan Carlos Hernández, an Argentine gold dealer. Hernández denied the accusation, and the traces of gold found after an analysis of his foundry did not match the material of the trophy. In addition, doubts were raised because the trophy was not made of solid gold; it could not