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The Brink鈥檚-Mat robbery remains to this day one of Britain鈥檚 biggest and most audacious heists. Six armed men stole diamonds, cash and three tonnes of gold bullion from a warehouse close to London鈥檚 Heathrow Airport in November 1983. It鈥檚 now the subject of a 大象传媒 television drama, The Gold, which includes the claim that most gold jewellery bought in the UK from 1984 onwards will contain traces of that stolen gold. But how true is that? Tim Harford and team investigate, with the help of Zoe Lyons from Hatton Garden Metals and Rob Eastaway, author of Maths on the Back of an Envelope.