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2025 Louvre heist where thieves stole $100M jewellery to be turned into film

French police officers stand in front of the Louvre Museum after robbery, in Paris on October 19, 2025.

Updated 47 days ago

Listicle: 10 missing museum pieces that have become lost legends

Among the things stolen in the 2025 Louvre heist: An emerald set gifted by Napoleon I to Empress Marie-Louise. (BRITANNICA)

Updated 88 days ago

Home of 'Mona Lisa' has new boss to steer Louvre out of crisis after jewel heist

Leribault brings a proven track record. He has been running another world-renowned French landmark and tourist attraction, the Versailles Palace.

Published 138 days ago

Louvre Museum's director resigns months after jewels heist in Paris

Laurence des Cars had offered to resign on the day of the robbery but was refused by the culture minister.

Published 139 days ago

Empress Eugénie's crown, smooshed during Louvre heist, will be restored for…

The crown prior to being damaged by the thieves and after the heist.

Updated 155 days ago

French prosecutor vows to recover stolen Louvre jewels worth $102 million

Eight items of jewellery, including an emerald-and-diamond necklace that Napoleon I gave his second wife, Empress Marie-Louise, remain at large.

Published 177 days ago

Louvre installs bars over robbed gallery window

Louvre director Laurence des Cars told lawmakers last week that a grille would be reinstalled "before Christmas".

Published 202 days ago

600+ items stolen in UK Bristol museum heist: How it happened, and an India link

CCTV footage released by the UK's Avon and Somerset Police on December 11, 2025, shows men carrying bags in the early hours of September 25 in the city of Bristol, south-west England, outside a building which housed items from the Bristol museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection.

Updated 214 days ago

Upset with working conditions, Louvre trade unions call for rolling strike

File photo of the Louvre museum.

Updated 218 days ago

Weeks after jewel heist, water leak at Louvre damages rare books

In November, structural weaknesses prompted the partial closure of one of the gallery hosting Greek vases and offices.

Published 218 days ago

List reveals 2025's most mispronounced words. Both Mamdani and Louvre on it

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has said he doesn't mind if someone tries to pronounce his name correctly and misses but that some mispronounce it intentionally.

Updated 221 days ago

Louvre hikes ticket prices for most non-EU visitors by 45% month after theft

On October 19, a four-person gang raided the Louvre, taking just seven minutes to steal jewellery worth an estimated $102 million before fleeing on scooters.

Updated 228 days ago

Four more, including 2 women, arrested in France's Louvre heist

The thieves parked a moving truck with a ladder below the museum's Apollo Gallery housing the French crown jewels, ascended in a bucket.

Updated 230 days ago

France arrests four more suspects over Louvre heist: prosecutor

French CRS riot police officers were seen patrolling near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum, after French police arrested suspects in the Louvre heist case, in Paris

Published 230 days ago

Fedora man unmasked: Meet Pedro, teen behind the viral Louvre mystery photo

Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux poses with an Associated Press photo of him outside the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist

Published 246 days ago

Algerian national fleeing France, a couple: All about the Louvre heist suspects

French CRS riot police officers were seen patrolling near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum, after French police arrested suspects in the Louvre heist case, in Paris

Published 253 days ago

Two new suspects handed preliminary charges in Louvre jewels heist case

French police officers patrol in front of the Louvre Museum after it was robbed, with the Louvre Pyramid designed by Ieoh Ming Pei in the background.

Published 254 days ago

38-year-old woman charged in connection with Louvre jewellery heist

One of the five people arrested this week was released without charge on Friday.

Updated 254 days ago

30+ pics, videos of world's largest museum and former palace of French monarchs

The Louvre in Paris, France, is the world's largest and most visited museum, housing a vast collection of art and artifacts from around the world. (Pic courtesy: louvre.fr and Instagram/ museelouvre)

Published 256 days ago

Louvre heist revives a tough question: protect art or turn museums into fortress

A French CRS riot police officer patrols near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum, after French police arrested suspects in the Louvre heist case, in Paris, France.

Published 256 days ago

5 more arrests as Louvre jewel heist probe deepens and key details emerge

A soldier patrols in courtyard of the Louvre museum, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 in Paris.

Published 256 days ago

Two Louvre heist suspects to be charged with theft and conspiracy

A French CRS riot police officer patrols near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum, after French police arrested suspects in the Louvre heist case, in Paris, France.

Published 257 days ago

Why arrests in $102-mn Paris Louvre heist may not be all good news: What we know

Officers stand guard after French police arrested suspects in the heist case at the Louvre museum in Paris, France, on October 26, 2025.

Updated 260 days ago

Big breakthrough in $102-million jewel heist at Paris Louvre museum, 2 arrested

French authorities reportedly arrested two in connection with the Louvre heist.

Updated 261 days ago

Days after $102 mn heist, Louvre transfers precious jewels to Bank of France

The thieves stole eight jewellery pieces worth $102 million from the Louvre collection on October 19.

Updated 262 days ago

Another Louvre heist video surfaces: Thieves use ladder to escape French museum

The jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris was valued at more than $100 million.

Published 262 days ago

Fevicol ad on Louvre jewellery heist is viral: 'Dhoom machane ki baari hamari'

Louvre museum heist: The Fevicol ad shows pieces of jewellery firmly stuck together with Fevicol.

Published 263 days ago

After $102-mn heist at Louvre museum in Paris, where the jewels might end up

Two men wearing bright yellow jackets broke into the gallery at 9:34 am and left the room at 9:38 am, before fleeing the scene on the motorbikes.

Updated 263 days ago

‘Outdated cameras’: After heist, Louvre boss wants police station inside museum

Visitors walk past the closed Apollo Gallery where eight pieces of jewels were stolen, at the Louvre Museum, in Paris, France,

Published 264 days ago

Louvre jewel heist: Director says she offered to resign

The Louvre reopened for the first time on Wednesday, three days after the jewellery heist inside Apollo Gallery.

Published 264 days ago

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