Money Heist has to be one of the biggest shows of today’s time, and it is also one of the most engaging ones out there. The story of a group of thieves entering a guarded property and leaving with an insane amount of money is something we all enjoy watching. While the world binges the episodes of the show, let us tell you about some real money heist incidents; stories about robberies that will leave you as baffled as to the Spanish drama itself.

Sure, the writers of the Netflix Original La Casa de Papel are creative and have put everything they got into the creation of this show, but what happens if you put all that thinking into the real world? Well, here is what happens:

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist, Boston, 1990 – A real Money Heist

No one celebrates St. Patrick’s Day like the people of Boston, and they have proof to prove this claim as well. While the entire town was reveling in the joy and gulping down beers, two thieves took the advantage of this situation. They entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum dressed as Boston police officers and stole 13 artworks. The pieces that were stolen included a Rembrandt, Manet, and a few by Degas, and estimated a sum of $500 million total.

Yes, the money is definitely not as much as in the Bank of Spain heist or the Royal Mint, but art is something that is invaluable. As a lover of true art, even Berlin will prefer to steal something like this. Even today, the empty frames of those art pieces hang on the walls of the museum, and this robbery is still one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of America.

The theft of $6 billion in Post-Saddam Iraq

The fall of Saddam Hussein is something that brought stability to the region, but who knew that this will give an opportunity to make the biggest theft of funds in US history? Yes, after they dethroned the tyrant, both the US military and private contractors struggled to gain control over the region. While they were doing so, someone drained out $6 billion worth of funds which were sent by US Congress to help the country of Iraq.

The special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, said that they do not know about the disappearance of the money and called it the ‘largest theft of funds in national history. That is some real Money Heist for sure. real

Real Money Heist- The Great Train Robbery of England, 1963

It was in the year 1963 when a group of 15 individuals robbed the Royal Mail night train in England traveling from Glasgow to London. The post office train was carrying a lot of mail and bundles of cash when Bruce Reynolds and his gang messed with the train signals and stopped the train; the gang looted an amount of  £2.3 million (£40 million today) from the train, only to be caught later thanks to a game of monopoly.

The group played monopoly with all that stolen money at a barn, and in that process left their fingerprints all around the place! Reynolds evaded the arrest and fled the country, along with his wife and son. Upon his return to the country, he was arrested and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He served just 10 of those.

D. B. Cooper’s leap of faith, 1971

We know Money Heist for pulling off the impossible, and if there is one heist, that is even today impossible to explain. It is the conspiracy theory of a certain Mr. D. B. Cooper. The man hijacked a Boeing 727, extorted $200,000, and just jumped out of the plane somewhere between Portland and Seattle, and no one has ever seen him again. This 1971 mystery is baffling everyone even today, and it will always be.

Well, according to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was Loki who pulled off this heist. But we are not ready to believe that, are you? Also, Money Season 5 streaming now on Netflix.