arangosh> a1 = db.example.insert({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "example/73434", "_key" : "73434", "_rev" : "_ZG8LmRC---" } arangosh> a2 = db.example.replace(a1, { a : 2 }); { "_id" : "example/73434", "_key" : "73434", "_rev" : "_ZG8LmRG--_", "_oldRev" : "_ZG8LmRC---" } arangosh> db.example.remove(a1); [ArangoError 1200: precondition failed] arangosh> db.example.remove(a1, true); { "_id" : "example/73434", "_key" : "73434", "_rev" : "_ZG8LmRG--_" } arangosh> db.example.document(a1); [ArangoError 1202: document not found]