BEIJING, Jan. 26 --  It appears someone has been trying to bug actress Nicole Kidman by placing a listening device 

Nicole Kidman

outside her home in Sydney, Australia.

    The tiny sophisticated bug was found in a garden area across the street from her home, near where her body guards park. It's believed someone was trying to intercept conversations between Kidman and her bodyguards. 

   "At the time this device was found there were media paparazzi, if I may use that term, in the street," police inspector Grant Taylor told reporters on Tuesday.

    Police had notified the Oscar-winning Hollywood star of the discovery of the device, Taylor said.

    "She is undoubtedly concerned in regards to why this device may have been placed there and if she is the potential target of this device," he said.

    The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that security footage shot from Kidman's home showed a man planting the listening device on Sunday, shortly after she returned home to prepare for a new film, "Eucalyptus," based on an Australian novel of that name.

    "We have conclusive evidence that it was planted and this has been captured on video," Noel McMaster, director of Kidman's personal security agency, told the newspaper.

    Police said the listening device was commonly available in electronics stores and was being examined by police.

    The actress has been away from home attending awards ceremonies and filming a new movie. 

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com/yahoo)