http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/07/04/india-temple-jewels.html
A vast treasure trove of gold coins, jewels and precious stones unearthed at a lightly guarded Hindu temple in India was expected to grow further in value Monday as the last two secret vaults sealed for nearly 150 years are opened.
Four vaults recently opened at the temple in Trivandrum, the capital of the southern state of Kerala, held a vast bounty that unofficial estimates peg at $22 billion US.
The treasures unearthed so far include statues of gods and goddesses made of solid gold and studded with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other precious stones, crowns and necklaces, all given as gifts to the temple over the centuries.
Just throwing out a couple of ideas:Infiltration
Gain entrance into their religious order and advance in the hierarchy until you get the privilege of worshipping the treasure in private - then smuggle a 1,000-10,000th part of the treasure out ($22,000,000-$220,000,000 divided up between roughly 7-8 people aiding you in rising in their monk order, smugglers, etc) that will be transported to the coast where they'll be smuggled abroad with the aid of an officially retired Soviet submarine under the command of a Russian general (%30 cut).
Direct attack&Diversion
Use $70,000-$80,000 to equip Muslims and other religious minority fundamentalists with cheap weaponry, with some appropriate reason appealing to their religious/minority separatist mindset. This group serve as a diversion and will occupy local police and/or military some distance away from the temple for the half dozen hours they'll manage to hold their ground.
Pay $20,000 to a mercenary group (preferably eastern European) along with the promise of a 10% cut of the treasure, who will directly attack the temple and retrieve the majority of the treasure that will be transported to the coast where they'll be smuggled abroad with the aid of an officially retired Soviet submarine under the command of a Russian general (%30 cut).
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you suckers sit right there and keep planning
They are just civilians, they might serve as another distraction if riled up - not everyone is happy about how the wealth is distributed at the moment.
hitting hot metal with hammers
Who who who whooooooo
Steam
I don't remember a Robin Hood situation in your proposal
We'll toss them a million or two for good will and fake a submarine failure that'll convince the rest of the world that the remaining treasure is lost in the ocean.
the treasure part, not the stealing part
I want pictures, and archaeologists' research and opinions on everything that's in there
Solid gold statues studded with diamonds.
This should be a museum
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
A nice mansion and luxury for a couple of lifetimes.
Was probably the hobby of some rich dude back in the day who had no idea what to do with all his wealth, tributing his Gods, impressing his peers, and using up all the gold he had lying around in one fell swoop.
invest it all in radical beard technology
God, I love Zizek
Steam
Once we are rich as kings, our past actions will have no consequences. We will have a new life free of the pressures and constraints that this world brings us.
Steam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OwkPGIYY64
Philosopher.
thank god
Get that pony bullshit out of here, ya ja-Brony.
as someone from a blue collar family i can identify with unionization and what have you, but i'd be lying if i told you the stalwart defense of stalin and mao as great people didn't fucking alienate the hell out of me
maybe I'm just stupid but watching that I was able to get a sense of what he stands against but not so much what he stands for
Now you're talking like one of them.
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