Epidural blocks are very important part of anaesthesia practice for providing anaesthesia/analgesia in various surgical and painful conditions. Breakage of an epidural catheter is a rare complication which disturbs patient, anaesthesiologist as well as operating surgeon. We describe the occurrence of such an event where epidural catheter fragment was found to be missing at the time of removal. We would also highlight the common reasons mentioned in literature that can precipitate such events and recommendations to prevent them.