Money Heist season 5 explained: Did Rafael steal the real or fake gold?

The gold was in fact brass, painted to look like the real thing in order to leverage their escape.

Tamayo reluctantly accepted the brass, with it being revealed that Rafael was instrumental in finding the location of the real thing.

This all centred on a note that was delivered to Rafael, yet the details of the note were never revealed.

This has caused some confusion among fans, with many of them taking to Reddit to figure out Rafael’s exact involvement in the plot.

User JaMollyAdams shared a post asking if the gold Rafael was burying at the end of the episode was real or fake as “it had the Dali faces on the bars”.

source: express.co.uk