Is be worried that they would just take the whole safe. 

Aardvark

Yes, a safe is practically screaming, "Here's all my valuable stuff, if you can open it, it's all yours".

But I love the "painters tape on the top of the safe" idea. Probably a random thought by the owner to make things more obscure, and it worked out well for him, to say the least.

bitcoin

"There were 200 Bitcoin sitting in the safe when the burglars pried it open"

Signal312

Yes, a safe is practically screaming, "Here's all my valuable stuff, if you can open it, it's all yours".

But I love the "painters tape on the top of the safe" idea. Probably a random thought by the owner to make things more obscure, and it worked out well for him, to say the least.