Art thief experts have deconstructed the inaccuracies in one of the opening scenes in Black Panther, which shows Killmonger and Klaue carry out the MCU museum heist. The scene in question shows Killmonger correcting the museum's director, telling her that one of their pieces is from Wakanda and not Benin. After poisoning her, he and Klaue kill all security staff before making their getaway with the help of an insider in the museum. The scene is played out as swift and effective - but it is also wildly inaccurate.

In a video (via Insider), erstwhile art thief, Octave "Oky" Durham, with over 10,000 heists to his name, and art detective Arthur Brand - who has been instrumental in recovering 250 million stolen works of art - take a look at the Black Panther museum heist and rate it based on its accuracy. Save for one accurate moment in which the characters elicit the aid of an "insider," it turns out that the scene did not score very highly: just 2/10. This is down to a number of reasons, including the presence of the museum director and the supremely unproductive murder of the museum staff:

Oky: "She's like the director of the museum,"

Brand: "And nobody approaches...the Director doesn't approach any one guy. Art stolen from Africa is a hot item these days. Countries from Africa are demanding these pieces back from Western museums because they were stolen during the Colonial Era. And many of these objects do have a spiritual meaning for these countries, and in fact I was one of the first, last year, who brought one of such pieces back. An Emperor's crown stolen from Ethiopia, and we brought it back, and we handed it over to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

It is an inside job, you know, there is somebody in it, in a bank or in a museum who knows about what's going to take place.

Oky: "Very easy to get somebody inside. Very easy. I did these things, you know. You have to find somebody who has problems, you know, who has debt to somebody. I trace them, where they go, where they go out and I bump up to them and say "I'm sorry, you want something to drink?" But also strange thing, they come with their open face. He wants to be noticed."

Brand: "He wants to attract attention."

Oky: "Yes, pretty much."

Brand: "The problem with museums is that they are there for the public. It is not meant to be a fortress. So it's very hard to really prevent everybody from taking something. You cannot put every painting, like the Mona Lisa, behind such thick glass.

"I have never heard of an art theft where people were killed, you know. They shoot people here like it's, you know, it's war. It's not like that."

Oky: "Let's say you have stolen art from a crime like this. You cannot sell it, it's too hot. People died, you cannot sell it."

Brand: "Ridiculous clip."

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How Black Panther's Museum Scene Inaccuracies Improve The Movie

Of course, the Black Panther art heist is just one of countless "unbelievable" scenes in MCU movies - Klaue's implementation of his sonic-powered prosthetic arm is evidence enough of this - and that is essentially the point. A world in which super-powered villains run rampant is unlikely to follow the "rules" of the real world, especially when it comes to criminal enterprise. This scene in particular, however, is an important one to illustrate the tenacity of N'Jadaka in his single-minded mission to reclaim Wakandan history - and his place on the clandestine country's throne.

The scene is also the first introduction to Killmonger, and reintroduction to Klaue who was last seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron. To have them break all art heist "convention" and kill those that would stand in their way is a clear and succinct demonstration of how bloodthirsty they both are in their earliest scenes. It sets them up as threatening villains for the movie, showing that neither has any qualms about murdering civilians.

Finally, the scene also allows Black Panther to demonstrate Killmonger's largely sympathetic plight early on in the movie. Erik regards the Wakandan artifact with reverence, and is quick to contradict the "expert" on the matter before taking extreme measures to take it back. The message here is that Killmonger deems it necessary to seize Wakandan heritage by force, lashing out specifically against those that have claimed ownership of what he considers stolen goods, setting up important aspects of his character both tonally and by alluding to his motivations.

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