A song about this famous French fictional hero got to number one in the charts in 1975.

Arsène Lupin, is a sort of Robin Hood and is a master of disguise.

But why are people talking about him so much?

In 2021, a popular TV series was inspired by this lovable rascal.

As in the 1971 series, with Georges Descrières, the audience are charmed by Maurice Leblanc’s hero.

So, the “gentleman thief” is back, for old and new audiences.

The hero has many identities: Arsène Lupin or Raoul d’andrésy, he mixes with thieves and robbers as well as the wealthy.

His creator, who liked to give the characters in his novels depth, gave him a rich and complex past.