In the summer of 1914, a group of well-dressed women entered Selfridge Departmental Stores on Oxford Street on London. They had a look at the expensive watches, gems and jewellery and soon left. After their departure, the staff realised they had been looted of wares costing a fortune.

These women were part of The Forty Elephants, a violent all female gang who terrified London. The gang formed after separating from the men's gang because they did not get their “earnings”. They

majorly specialised in shoplifting. But that was not all, few members entered rich households as maids and cleaned off the house and it's glories.

The gang was led by the Queen who had absolute authority Alice Diamond. She had an alcoholic thief for father and was raised in London workhouse that sheltered young Charlie Chaplin. She organised the

women and kept a close watch on them. She had a strict set of rules. She spread the crime network far till Liverpool and Coventry.

The end of The Forty Elephants came with the downfall of Alice. The new queen was appointed but things were not the same.