FRANCE, Paris, Robbery at the Louve, Oct 19, 2025

[Inthedetails]

they made their escape on ... a... scooter? that is hilarious.

Reminds me of the wheelchair chase scene in the Mr. Bean movie, Johnny English (the only chase scene I've ever liked, lol).

 

[Sundog]

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Everything to Know About the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery, the Site of the Jewelry Heist

Birds continued their Sunday morning patter as the window was forced open with the use of a saw, and a reported two to three people entered, took a freight elevator to the second floor, smashed displays, grabbed the jewels (nine pieces from a 23-piece collection associated with Napoleon and the Empress, whose crown was later found), and fled the same way they’d come. “It was among the highest-profile museum thefts in recent memory,” reported the AP, ranking as one of “Europe’s most audacious since Dresden’s Green Vault museum in 2019, and the most serious in France in more than a decade.”

EBM

 

[Sundog]

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When art imitates life, and then life imitates a heist film​

As the Associated Press reported, the robbery took place Sunday morning just steps from the Mona Lisa. The stolen items included sapphire and emerald sets once worn by Napoleon’s wives and Empress Eugénie’s diamond corsage brooch. One piece — Eugénie’s emerald crown — was later found outside the museum, broken. French Culture Minister Rachida Dati called it a “professional four-minute operation.”

No one was injured, but the embarrassment runs deep. The Louvre, already under fire for overcrowding and staff shortages, is now confronting how a “daylight heist” could unfold inside the world’s most famous museum in Paris.

For pop culture fans, though, the plot feels familiar. The pilot episode of Netflix’s original show Lupin centers around a Louvre jewel robbery, a modern French TV show inspired by Maurice Leblanc’s gentleman thief. In Ocean’s 8, an all-female crew lifts diamonds at the Met Gala. From The Thomas Crown Affair to Inside Man, audiences adore the art of the steal.