Brought into mainstream media by the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code, the 'cult' has recently been at the centre of slavery, sexual misconduct and financial fraud allegations.
I'm not a horse girl. I've ran in the opposite direction on the rare occasion police ride them down Oxford Street, and the idea of leaving London for a countryside retreat is unimaginable.
When I was minding my own business at Barry's Bootcamp ahead of a class and a glam woman dressed in pastel lycra stood next to me ordering a protein shake, theft was the last thing on my mind.