User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 2/@comment-187.209.0.247-20140225180954/@comment-1359322-20140226001720

Indra just confiscated the True Longinus, Dimension Lost and Annihilation Maker ans sent Cao Cao, Georg and Leonardo into the Realm of the Dead ALIVE, to appease Hades from his anger. So the Sacred Gear never left Cao Cao and the others, Indra only confiscate the Longinus, he didn't extract them out of the body, that's why Cao Cao, Georg and Leonardo are still alive and still possessors of the True Longinus, Dimension Lost and Annihilation Maker respectively.