From that time on Biggs lived on the run. After hiding in France, Spain and Australia, he finally settled in Brazil in 1970. He was a cerebrity criminal. appeared in rock videos ss and films, and be sold souvenirs to tourists who came to see him. But he missed his home in Britain and, at the age of seventy-one, decided to go home. He was met at the airport by friends and police. He spent several years in prison but he was very ili family, and was released early. He got out of prison in August 2009 one day before his eightieth birthday.