There is a scene in the movie, The Godfather, where the “bad guys” put the head of the main character’s horse in the main character’s bed, on the pillow under the sheets.
A modern day comparasin is:
If the ‘bad guys’ put a car engine in the bed, under the sheets, and on the pillow of one of the main automotive industry characters.
Drama, theatrics, shocking the audience, and reality……
Ironic? ?