Ocean's Eleven Codexery

Fake Diamond Set

Jewels in a briefcase that are really explosives.

In Ocean's Eleven (2001) the crew gets its explosives into the Bellagio vault disguised as jewels. Saul Bloom, posing as the wealthy foreign arms dealer Lyman Zerga, persuades Terry Benedict to store a briefcase of jewels in the casino vault; the "jewels" are actually explosives.

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Ocean's Eleven (2001)

In the heist

Yen, smuggled into the vault in a casino trolley, places the explosives from Zerga's briefcase on the vault door. Danny, Linus and Yen then use Saul's explosive "jewels" to destroy the vault locks and secure the cash.

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