The “Peaky Blinders” heist in which jewelry worth more than $29 million was stolen from an art fair was masterminded by a legendary gang of jewel thieves known as the Pink Panthers, an art detective has claimed.

Arthur Brand, 53, known as the “Indiana Jones of the art world” for tracking down stolen or missing masterpieces, including stolen gems, told The Times that the armed robbery at a prestigious art fair in Maastricht had all the hallmarks of Pink Panthers.