Complex sentence: His men manoeuvered him into the air on a trapeze attached to the tail of a giant kite, and he flew to the rooftop where he stole the scales, and was then lowered and escaped.
Split into simpler sentences: His men manoeuvered him into the air on a trapeze attached to the tail of a giant kite. He flew to the rooftop where he stole the scales, and was then lowered and escaped.