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The Baker Street Bank Robbery of 1971 remains one of the most audacious and mysterious heists in British criminal history. The gang, consisting of at least eight people, dug a 40ft tunnel from a leather goods shop into the vault of the Lloyds Bank on Baker Street, and made off with a haul of money and valuables that has never been fully established, but is believed to be worth anywhere between £500,000 and £3m. The gang’s plan was allegedly inspired by a Sherlock Holmes story, and involved months of digging and the use of explosives and a thermal lance to melt steel. The heist went undetected until the following morning, when the bank’s staff found the vault in a state of disarray. Despite a police investigation and the arrest and conviction of four of the gang, many questions about the heist remain unanswered, including its exact value, the identities of all the gang members, and whether or not the government was involved in suppressing the story for unknown reasons. Records about the heist have been officially sealed until 2071
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