People Said It Was Impossible To Break Into This Vault, So Robbers Dug Their Way In

British Bank of the Middle East in Lebanon, 1976

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the robbery at the British Bank of the Middle East in Lebanon is the world’s biggest bank heist. Robbers bombed the vaults and took all the cash, gold, stock certificates, and jewellery.

In 1976 prices, the value was at €32.2 million. Today, that amount would be valued at €83,580,962.83. The heist happened in the middle of the Lebanese civil war, which was the perfect opportunity for a bank heist.