The daring heist at Paris' Louvre museum has drawn comparisons with the hit TV series Lupin - if you missed it the first time round, here's what you need to know about the French thriller. The character was revived in the hit 2020 Netflix series Lupin, in which French actor Omar Sy plays a thief named Assane Diop who is obsessed with the historic character, and models his daring heists on the books. The series was a massive hit - setting an all-time record for the most watched French series on Netflix, racking up 70 million views in its first month.