The 5th-century BC Helmet of Cotofenesti was among the valuable items taken during an overnight heist at Drents Museum in the Netherlands.

In what can only be described as a brazen-style heist reminiscent of an Ocean’s Eleven flick, thieves used explosives to blow up the Dutch museum door

The police said the golden helmet of Cotofenesti, a highly regarded artifact from Romania, was among the items stolen from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands.

Known as the Helmet of Coțofenești, the stolen solid-gold headpiece dates back to roughly 450 BCE. It was discovered by a child in 1929 in a small Romanian village

A group of burglars blew up the entrance of the Drents Museum in the Netherlands and ran away with solid gold artifacts on loan from Romania. NBC News' Meagan Fitzgerald has the details as Romanian leaders now question why the precious pieces were in the Netherlands in the first place.

A museum in the Netherlands has found itself at the centre of a crime that sounds like it could be a film plot after priceless gold artefacts were stolen using explosives.

This is a black day,” says the director general of the Drents Museum, where burglars stole four gold objects including a helmet considered a Romanian national treasure.