But what transpired was more Benny Hill.

The gang's raid on the Grade II-listed Felthorpe Hall was captured on CCTV, with the footage showing them making rather a meal of their getaway.

The trio managed to make off with two vast concrete flower urns from outside the hall's gates.

But the CCTV shows them struggling to get one of the hefty items - still full of soil - to their waiting Ford Focus.

While one thief puts the pedestal in the back of the vehicle, two others - one wearing a surgical boot - carry the urn itself.

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