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Recently, Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto thought he was having a private conversation 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 Don Jr, both of whom serve as executives at the family business.

This was just one in a string of missteps made by world leaders thinking they're off the record.

Below are five other noteworthy errors:

Organ Transplants and Immortality

At a military parade in Beijing this September, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were recorded talking about organ replacement as a method for prolonging life.

"Vital organs can be continuously replaced. The more you extend your life, the more youthful you get, and it's possible to even reach eternal life," the Russian translator was heard saying.

Xi, who was not visible, answered in Chinese: "Some predict that in the current era people may live to 150 years old."

A conversation heard between China's leader Xi Jinping and Moscow's head Vladimir Putin

'Sea Rising at Your Door'

Former Australian immigration minister Peter Dutton faced criticism in 2015 when he made light about the situation of residents in the Pacific experiencing rising sea levels.

Dutton was conversing with former PM Tony Abbott, who had recently come back from climate change talks with Pacific Island leaders in Port Moresby.

Observing how a migration discussion was running on "Cape York time", Abbott responded: "We had a similar situation up in Port Moresby."

Dutton added: "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have the ocean reaching your home."

The comments sparked outrage from regional nations and environmentalists, while the opposition Labor party called for Dutton to issue an apology.

Peter Dutton recorded making jokes with Tony Abbott about coastal flooding

'Prejudiced Voter'

While serving as UK PM Gordon Brown was campaigning in 2010, he faced a voter who challenged him on migration and the economic situation.

Remaining connected to a broadcast microphone when he got into his vehicle, Brown was recorded stating: "That went terribly – they should never have put me with that woman. Whose idea was that? Absurd."

When questioned about she had said, he answered: "Everything, she was just a prejudiced person."

This incident dominated headlines for weeks and Brown went on to lose the election.

'I Cannot Bear Netanyahu. He Lies.'

Former US president Barack Obama was in discussion at the G20 summit 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 cannot bear Netanyahu. He's a liar."

According to a account from a translator cited by Reuters, Obama responded: "You're fed up with him but I must work with him frequently than you."

'Total ***hole'

A vintage 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 Labor Day rally and said, "There's Adam Clymer, complete jerk from the New York Times."

Cheney responded: "Oh yeah, that's true, big time."

Bush at a Labour rally in 2000