{"id":47,"date":"2025-10-20T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.ng\/news\/?p=47"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:26:05","slug":"louvre-jewellery-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/example.ng\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/louvre-jewellery-heist\/","title":{"rendered":"Louvre Jewellery Heist &#8211; Everything About The Louvre Jewellery Heist On Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/example.ng\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/louvre-jewellery-heist\/#Louvre_Jewellery_Heist_%E2%80%93_Everything_About_The_Louvre_Jewellery_Heist_On_Sunday\" >Louvre Jewellery Heist &#8211; Everything About The Louvre Jewellery Heist On Sunday<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/example.ng\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/louvre-jewellery-heist\/#What_Was_Stolen_During_The_Louvre_Jewellery_heist\" >What Was Stolen During The Louvre Jewellery heist ?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Louvre_Jewellery_Heist_%E2%80%93_Everything_About_The_Louvre_Jewellery_Heist_On_Sunday\"><\/span><strong>Louvre Jewellery Heist &#8211; Everything About The Louvre Jewellery Heist On Sunday<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, the Louvre Museum in Paris remains closed as police look into a heinous theft that threatened France&#8217;s precious crown jewels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In broad daylight, thieves with power tools stormed into the most popular museum in the world. They then fled on scooters with eight highly precious pieces of jewelry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are our current understandings of the crime that has shocked <a href=\"https:\/\/example.ng\/news\/2025\/10\/06\/french-prime-minister-sebastien-lecornu-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not long after the museum opened to the public, on Sunday, between 9:30 and 09:40 local time (08:30 and 08:40 BST), the heist took place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From a balcony along the Seine River, four robbers entered the Galerie d&#8217;Apollon (Gallery of Apollo) using a mechanical lift installed on a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Images taken at the scene revealed a ladder attached to a car that led to a window on the first story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two of the robbers entered the museum after using a battery-operated disc cutter to hack through glass panes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They then grabbed goods from two glass display cases and threatened the guards, who left the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to French media, a preliminary study found that one in three rooms in the raided museum area lacked CCTV cameras.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Natalie Goulet, a member of the finance committee of the French Senate, this is a &#8220;very painful&#8221; occurrence for France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are all disappointed and angry,&#8221; she said, and it is &#8220;difficult to understand how it happened so easily.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goulet told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> the gallery&#8217;s localised alarm was recently broken, and &#8220;we have to wait for the investigation in order to know if the alarm was disactivated&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The larger alarms at the museum did sound, according to France&#8217;s culture ministry, and staff complied by alerting security personnel and securing guests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cultural ministry further stated that a museum employee intervened to stop the gang from setting fire to their car outside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to CCTV of the robbery, the masked criminals entered &#8220;calmly&#8221; and destroyed the display cases holding the diamonds, Culture Minister Rachida Dati said French news agency TF1. The incident did not result in any injuries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to her, the robbers appeared to be &#8220;experienced&#8221; and had a well-thought-out strategy to escape on two scooters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prosecutors stated that their opinion is that the thieves were acting on directions from a criminal organization, and there are currently about 60 investigators working on the case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four individuals are being sought, and authorities are looking through CCTV evidence of the escape route.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Witnesses reported &#8220;total panic&#8221; during the evacuation of the museum. Subsequent photos revealed metal barriers blocking off entrances.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Was_Stolen_During_The_Louvre_Jewellery_heist\"><\/span><strong>What Was Stolen During The <\/strong>Louvre Jewellery heist <strong>?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities said that eight items were taken, including necklaces, ear rings, brooches, and diadems, which are jeweled headbands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were all owned by French monarchy or imperial rulers at one point and date back to the 19th century..<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">France&#8217;s ministry of culture said the stolen items were:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"sc-6f869981-0 bYhyhr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"sc-734a601e-0 NnDUj\">A tiara and brooch belonging to Empress Eug\u00e9nie, wife of Napoleon III<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-734a601e-0 NnDUj\">An emerald necklace and a pair of emerald earrings from Empress Marie Louise<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-734a601e-0 NnDUj\">A tiara, necklace and single earring from the sapphire set that belonged to Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-734a601e-0 NnDUj\">A brooch known as the &#8220;reliquary brooch&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of diamonds and other priceless gemstones are used to embellish these items.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Empress Eug\u00e9nie&#8217;s crown and two other objects were discovered close to the scene, seemingly dropped during the escape. They are being inspected for damage by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nu\u00f1ez described the stolen jewels &#8220;priceless&#8221; and &#8220;of immeasurable heritage value&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;There is a race going on right now,&#8221; Chris Marinello, the chief executive of Art Recovery International, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Crowns and diadems can easily be broken apart and sold in small parts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The thieves &#8220;are not going to keep them intact, they are going to break them up, melt down the valuable metal, recut the valuable stones and hide evidence of their crime,&#8221; Marinello said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stated it would be hard to sell these jewels undamaged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Louvre authorities asked the French government for assistance earlier this year in order to update and repair the museum&#8217;s deteriorating exhibition spaces and better safeguard its artwork.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of the New Renaissance project, which was then projected to cost between \u20ac700 million and \u20ac800 million (\u00a3608 million to \u00a3695 million; $816 million to $933 million), French President Emmanuel Macron promised that the Louvre will be redesigned. Increased security is part of the project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louvre Jewellery Heist &#8211; Everything About The Louvre Jewellery Heist On Sunday On Monday, the Louvre Museum in Paris remains closed as police look into a heinous theft that threatened France&#8217;s precious crown jewels. In broad daylight, thieves with power tools stormed into the most popular museum in the world. 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