Netflix has released its latest original series, a Colombian drama about a high stakes bank robbery. The Great Heist, also known as ‘El Robo Del Siglo’, has been available to watch worldwide since August 14.
The series is inspired by real events that unfolded in Colombia in 1994, which went on to be known as the robbery of the century.
The Netflix series also reportedly takes inspiration from a book by Alfredo Serrano Zabala, called ‘This is How I Robbed the Bank: The Assault of the 20th Century in Colombia.’ But what are the true events behind the inspiration for Netflix’s The Great Heist? The heist The series chronicles the robbery of Colombia’s central bank in October 1994, that saw 24 billion Colombian pesos (£26 million) stolen
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