According to popular legend, if you lose anything in Mumbai you can buy it back from the Chor Bazaar.

The market got called Chor Bazaar by the British who could not pronounce the word correctly.

[5][failed verification] Eventually, stolen goods and vintage items made their way into the market and the name stayed.

[11] The market has been mentioned in popular novels, including Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey,[3] where it is described as "not a nice place".

[12] The Spool Man (2016)[13] – a short documentary about a Chor Bazaar shop-keeper, directed by Daniel Ifans,[14] produced by We Are Tilt.