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This week, Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto believed he was a confidential discussion with US President Donald Trump during Middle East peace talks in Egypt.

Instead, a live microphone situation revealed Prabowo asking Trump to arrange a meeting with his son Eric, both of whom hold positions at the family business.

It represented only one in a series of missteps committed by international figures when they assume no one can hear them.

Here are several additional memorable errors:

Organ Transplants and Immortality

At a military parade in Beijing this September, China's leader Xi Jinping and Russia's head Vladimir Putin were recorded discussing organ transplants as a method for prolonging life.

"Vital organs can be repeatedly replaced. The longer you live, the more youthful you get, and you can even reach eternal life," Putin's interpreter was recorded stating.

Xi, who was not visible, responded in Chinese: "Some predict that in this century people may live to 150 years old."

A conversation heard between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin

'Water Lapping at Your Door'

Ex-Australia border protection chief Peter Dutton faced criticism in 2015 when he made light about the situation of residents in the Pacific experiencing rising sea levels.

Dutton was speaking to former PM Tony Abbott, who had recently come back from environmental talks with Pacific Island leaders in Port Moresby.

Noting that a meeting about refugees was running on "Cape York time", Abbott responded: "There was a similar situation up in Port Moresby."

Dutton added: "Schedules become irrelevant when you're about to have the ocean reaching your home."

These remarks sparked outrage from Pacific Islands and environmentalists, while the opposition Labor party demanded Dutton to apologise.

Peter Dutton overheard joking with Tony Abbott about rising sea levels

'Bigoted Woman'

As Labour prime minister Gordon Brown was campaigning in 2010, he encountered a voter who questioned him on immigration and the economic situation.

Remaining connected to a Sky news microphone when he got into his vehicle, Brown was heard saying: "That was a disaster – they should not have placed me with that individual. Who thought of that? Ridiculous."

When questioned about she had said, he answered: "All topics, she was just a bigoted woman."

The scandal received extensive coverage for an extended period and Brown ultimately lost the election.

'I Can't Stand Netanyahu. He's a Liar.'

Former US president Barack Obama was in discussion at the international conference in Cannes in 2011 with France's leader Nicolas Sarkozy when their remarks about Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu were picked up by a active recording device.

Sarkozy stated: "I can't stand Netanyahu. He's a liar."

Per a version from a French interpreter quoted by Reuters, Obama responded: "You're fed up with him but I have to deal with him frequently than you."

'Total ***hole'

A classic recording incident from former White House hopeful George W. Bush occurred when he made a disparaging remark about a journalist from The New York Times.

The Republican presidential nominee was unaware that a microphone was live when he leaned over to Dick Cheney at a political event and remarked, "That's Adam Clymer, complete jerk from the New York Times."

Cheney responded: "Absolutely, he is, definitely."

Bush at a political gathering in 2000