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On Sunday morning, a gang of thieves carried out a daring seven-minute incident. loot in the louvre Paris – Snatching several “priceless” items jewelery from famous archive,
The city has been “shocked” by the theft at its beloved museum, which welcomes thousands of tourists every day.
As French police began searching for the thieves, the robbery was compared to a popular Netflix A play named “Lupin”. It tells the story of an infamous French thief named Arsene Lupin, who steals from the rich.
What happened in the Louvre?
At 9:30 am on Sunday, October 19, a group of masked thieves broke into the Galerie d’Apollon of the Louvre in Paris.
The grand hall houses some of France’s most historic and priceless artefacts – including what remains of the French crown jewels.
In just seven minutes, thieves are reported to have taken away about nine “priceless” jewels from collections owned by the family of Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Marie Louise.
The gilded Galerie d’Apollon is located on the south-east side of the Louvre, with a decorated ceiling that was painted by Charles Le Brun, painter to King Louis XIV.
It is understood that the group of thieves fled the museum on a scooter with the loot.
Following the incident, the museum was closed and tourists were evacuated from the museum, with police surrounding the building.
How did they steal the jewels?
It is believed that the thieves entered the first floor window via a mechanized lift attached to a vehicle.
Images of a purported lift, similar to a cherry picker, which is still present near the window, have emerged.
According to French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, the thieves entered by breaking a window with a small chainsaw-like angle grinder, and were able to open two display cases.
Mr Nunez told the French radio station that the thieves were “apparently a team that was searching the building”.
The thieves hastily left one item, which was found near the Louvre. It is believed by the French media to be Queen Eugenie’s crown. However, officials have not yet confirmed that this is the item in question.
according to parisianPolice found two angle grinders, a blowtorch, gasoline, gloves, a walkie-talkie, a blanket, a crown and a yellow vest at the scene, which was allegedly used by the criminals to disguise themselves as workers.
In a statement to media outlets, Paris Center Mayor Ariel Weil compared the incident to the Netflix show “Lupin,” which depicts the actions of a fictional thief in Paris.
He said: “It is a shock…It is clear that we are in Arsene Lupine. This has been a movie script so far. It is hard to imagine that it would be so easy to steal in the Louvre.”
How has the police responded?
Police have started investigating the incident and started searching for the culprits.
Immediately after the theft, police closed access to the museum, including a major riverside road in front of it. BBC,
Photos from the scene show the large extendable ladder that the thieves allegedly used to climb the building.
In a stern warning, Interior Minister Nunez said the robbery was an attack on France’s heritage and history, warning that investigators had gone into full swing and everything was being done to arrest the culprits.
When was the last robbery in the Louvre?
The Mayor of Paris has acknowledged that the incident will “inevitably raise security issues”, although thefts from the museum are rare.
The Louvre’s most notorious theft, before this Sunday, was the robbery of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in 1911, when a museum employee stole the painting. He was eventually captured, and the painting was returned to the museum two years later.
More recently, in 1998, a 19th-century painting by the artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was stolen. According to reports at the time, the painting was cut from its frame without informing security guards and staff.