Some part of Gaia gets hacked/banned each year even though they are innocent and on the 4th August 2007, it happened to me.
I was on Gaia, just browsing, posting and chatting at my usual hangout threads. Everything was as per normal for the entire day until that night when i was called for dinner so i logged off.
After dinner, i came back up and turned on my laptop again and logged on to Gaia but they told me that it was the wrong password. I thought to myself:
That's weird. I was able to log in just now. I tried till my IP got banned. I was about to explode with worries.
The next morning,I logged on to my mule (which is currently this account 'Pearlangelo') and realised that my avatar was equiped with the Staff Of The Angels. It was occasional/rare that i would equip my Staff of the Angels as i didn't like showing my expensive items. Then it hit me, i went to view Kittypurr's account and my avatar became a grey figure.
My account was definitely hacked and there left my inventory. The hacker even posted if you view the latest post that he/she has already transfered my inventory into another account which i do not know.
Edvidence
I joined Gaia on the 29th of November 2005. The prices in 2005 were much cheaper than the sky rocket prices that you see now adays.
In 2005,i bought the Staff of the Angels for 150k. Angelic Camisole for 100k or 150k. Sounds cheap compared to the prices now ehi?
And today? It sky rockets up to a whooping 600k and it's still going.
In conclusion, I am going to quest back all my items that have been lost and it's appreciated that you've read to this point. :]