But this week, a raid on a castle vault in Germany has reminded us that real-life jewelry heists are an unfortunate reality. Credit: Lionel Cironneau/APA series of jewelry heists rocked the French Riviera in 2013. Among them was the extraordinary theft of jewels worth an estimated €102 million ($136 million) from an exhibition at the Carlton Hotel in broad daylight. Graff Jewelry StoreA platinum diamond pendant was among the pieces of jewellery stolen from Graff's store in London's Bond Street. He simply let himself in and walked out the front door with 120,000 carats of diamonds, worth $28 million.

Source: CNN November 27, 2019 06:45 UTC