A Vancouver man is angry police seized a $2,000 bike they said was stolen -- even though he has the receipt from when he bought the bike at a police auction.

Now Victor Lansdown says even after presenting the receipt the police still won't return his calls or give him back the bike.

"No one tells me who to pay me back, or who's going to give me back the bike or when," said Lansdown. "It's in limbo."

Vancouver police hold an auction each year to sell off the spoils of criminal busts. The bike sale is the most popular part of the auction and usually lasts an entire day.

Lansdown bought a Specialized Enduro mountain bike at the Vancouver police auction on May 3, and then took it for a tune-up at Reckless Bike Store.

He was riding along Granville Street last month when he was stopped by a police officer because he wasn't wearing a helmet.

"They asked me, do I know the serial number of the bike, and I turned it upside down," he said. "They punched it into the computer and they say it's still stolen.

"I tried to share it with them that I had the bill and I bought it at the police auction, but they wouldn't listen and put it in the back of the trunk, and off it goes," he said.

Lansdown doesn't just want his bike back -- he needs it back. He's recovering from cancer treatment and his doctor says he needs to build up his strength.

But police won't return his calls. And when he brought his receipt from the bike auction to the impound lot, no one could help him.

Lansdown's bike mechanic at Reckless Bike Store, Ryan Schmidt, said he was surprised police aren't keeping better track of their bikes.

"I'm blown away if it's a police auction, police aren't on the same page in terms of recording serial numbers and taking it off the stolen bike list," he said.

And Lansdown wonders how many others should worry about their bikes.

"If it's happened to me, how many other bikes have people bought from the auction?" he asked. "They'll be riding around and police will take that bike."

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Shannon Paterson