Editing Great Train Robbery (1963) (section)

===The money===
There is some uncertainty regarding the exact cash stolen from the train. £2,631,784 is a figure quoted in the press, although the police investigation states the theft as £2,595,997 10s 0d, in 636 packages, contained in 120 mailbags—the bulk of the haul in £1 and £5 notes (both the older white note and the newer blue note, which was half its size). There were also ten-shilling notes and Irish and Scottish money. Because a 30-minute time limit had been set by Reynolds, eight out of 128 bags were not stolen and were left behind. Statistically, this could have amounted to £131,000 or 4.7% of the total.<ref name="Reynolds 1995"/>{{page needed|date=August 2020}}{{unreliable source?|date=August 2020}}{{primary source inline|date=August 2020}} It is alleged that the total weight of the bags removed was 2.5 tons, according to former Buckinghamshire police officer John Woolley.<ref name=ITV2012/>

The gang had used the money in a game of ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]'' while holed up at the farm house.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Webb|first1=Sam|title=Fancy the 'Get Out of Jail Free' card from Great Train Robbery gang's Monopoly?|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/get-out-jail-free-card-5844554|access-date=17 March 2017|work=Daily Mirror|date=8 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318091334/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/get-out-jail-free-card-5844554|archive-date=18 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>