Burglars broke into store after hours and swiped boxes of the trendy doll popularized by Rihanna and other celebs

The craze for a toothy, fluffy, mischievous monster doll and all its viral spin-offs is escalating into a potential crime wave.

A group of burglars has broken into a Los Angeles store, taking thousands of dollars worth of Labubu dolls, which have surged in popularity this year among both children and adults, including celebrity sightings.

“There was a lot taken, maybe like around $30,000 or more of inventory,” Joanna Avendano, co-owner of One Stop Sales, told ABC News Local 7 in California. “We worked so hard to get to this point, and for them to just come in and, like nothing, take it all away, it’s really bad.”