"Went missing" is a weird way to put it, because it never existed in the first place. If I convince everyone I have a Rolls Royce Sweptail in my garage(even th

"Went missing" is a weird way to put it, because it never existed in the first place. If I convince everyone I have a Rolls Royce Sweptail in my garage(even though I don't), but then someone opens the garage and says there is no Sweptail in there, I don't think anyone would describe the Sweptail as going missing - merely that its existence in my garage was a lie.