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Recently, Indonesia's leader Prabowo Subianto thought he was having a private conversation with US President Donald Trump during Middle East peace talks in Egypt.

However, a live microphone situation revealed Prabowo requesting Trump to arrange a meeting with his son Don Jr, both of whom hold positions at the Trump organization.

It represented only one in a series of gaffes committed by world leaders thinking no one can hear them.

Below are several additional noteworthy errors:

Organ Transplants and Immortality

During a defense ceremony in Beijing this September, China's leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were recorded talking about organ transplants as a approach for extending lifespan.

"Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The more you extend your life, the more youthful you get, and you can even achieve immortality," the Russian translator was heard saying.

Xi, who was not visible, answered in Chinese: "Experts forecast that in this century humans may live to 150 years old."

A conversation heard between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Moscow's head Vladimir Putin

'Sea Rising at Your Door'

Former Australian border protection chief Peter Dutton came under fire in 2015 when he joked about the plight of people in the Pacific experiencing rising sea levels.

Dutton was speaking to then-prime minister Tony Abbott, who had recently come back from climate change talks with regional heads in Port Moresby.

Noting that a migration discussion was running on "Cape York time", Abbott responded: "We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby."

Dutton commented: "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door."

The comments sparked outrage from Pacific Islands and climate activists, while the political opponents demanded Dutton to issue an apology.

Peter Dutton overheard joking with Tony Abbott about coastal flooding

'Bigoted Woman'

As Labour prime minister Gordon Brown was on the trail in 2010, he faced a constituent who questioned him on migration and the economic situation.

Remaining connected to a broadcast microphone when he got into his vehicle, Brown was heard saying: "That was a disaster – they should not have placed me with that woman. Whose idea was that? Ridiculous."

Asked what she had said, he replied: "Everything, she was just a prejudiced person."

This incident dominated headlines for weeks and Brown ultimately lost the political race.

'I Cannot Bear Netanyahu. He's a Liar.'

Ex-American leader Barack Obama was in conversation at the international conference in Cannes in 2011 with then French president Nicolas Sarkozy when their remarks about Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu were captured by a live microphone.

Sarkozy stated: "I cannot bear Netanyahu. He deceives."

According to a version from a French interpreter quoted by Reuters, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him but I must work with him frequently than you."

'Total ***hole'

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

The GOP candidate was unaware that a microphone was live when he turned to Dick Cheney at a political event and remarked, "There's Adam Clymer, complete jerk from the New York Times."

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

Bush at a political gathering in 2000