Five strangest things left on the Tube, trains and buses in London

Urns of ashes, drum kits and a judge's wig among the 300,000 items handed in to lost property lost year

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Has your judge's wig gone missing? Misplaced your prosthetic leg? If so, you might do well to check Transport for London's lost property office, which counts these among the strange and wonderful items found on the capital's trains and buses.

More than 300,000 objects were handed into the office last year, a record amount that is likely to increase as the network continues to serve more and more customers. On average, 1,200 items - including 150 mobile phones - are recovered every day. In 2014, TfL's profits from retrieval fees and auctioning unclaimed items came to £250,000, all of which the company says is reinvested into its lost property service.

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