The Great Train Robbery

In August 1963, Bruce Reynolds and his gang boarded a train at

Bridego Railway Bridge in Buckinghamshire, England, and made
off with £2.6 million or the equivalent of £50 million today.
Although it was an enormous lump of cash, and most of the
robbers fled the country, their luck eventually ran dry and they
were all caught.

Drumlanrig Castle Robbery

On August 27, 2003, four men acting as tourists stole a Leonardo

da Vinci masterpiece, Madonna of the Yarnwinder, from the
Drumlanrig Castle in Scotland using nothing more than an axe.
Valued at around $40 million, it was recovered not long ago.

The Securitas Depot Robbery

The Securitas depot robbery was the largest cash robbery in

British history. It took place on the evening of February 21st,
2006, from 18:30 GMT until the early hours of February 22nd,
2006. Several men abducted and threatened the family of the
manager, tied up fourteen staff members and stole £53,116,760
in bank notes from a Securitas Cash Management depot in Vale
Road, Tonbridge, Kent. All the robbers were eventually caught
and convicted