Bold heist at Louvre Museum in Paris from the Napoleon era collection

[WhatInThe]

A bold heist and the Lourve Museum in Paris. Multiple pieces and/or jewelry taken from the Napoleon era. Thieves in a such a hurry or sloppy broke a crown in which at least one jewel found on the ground.

Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing jewelry of "inestimable heritage and historical value" in 7-minute heist

The theft took 7 minutes. They used a ladder/lift to enter the building. Once in the building the thieves did a smash and grab even fleeing on a motorcycle.

Value monetary or historical still being tallied at this time.

 

[IrishEyes]

Must have been AI, can humans really be that clever and efficient?

 

[Trish]

An incredible story which, no doubt, will be on Netflix in due course.

 

[Oldeagle66]

I've always been fascinated by heists. In school we had to do a book report about our holiday vacation. Mine was about a heist at the local bank. I got in big trouble and about a year later, my parents fessed up that everyone was really mad because it was well thought out and doable...lol.

 

[hollydolly]

A bold heist and the Lourve Museum in Paris. Multiple pieces and/or jewelry taken from the Napoleon era. Thieves in a such a hurry or sloppy broke a crown in which at least one jewel found on the ground.

Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing jewelry of "inestimable heritage and historical value" in 7-minute heist

The theft took 7 minutes. They used a ladder/lift to enter the building. Once in the building the thieves did a smash and grab even fleeing on a motorcycle.

Value monetary or historical still being tallied at this time.

Yes I've just been reading about it.... ..Paris seems to be very short on guarding anything that's really valuable...

They used a freight elevator...

The treasures included the Eugénie Crown, adorned with thousands of diamonds and emeralds and worn by Napoleon III's empress consort Eugénie, which was later found tossed below a window of the Louvre and broken into pieces.
The historic Eugénie Crown, presented to the empress consort in 1855, was sold at auction in 1988 for $13.5m (£10m) before being donated to the Louvre four years later. It is now worth tens of millions of dollars, expert Josie Goodbody told the Daily Mail.

Salle 705 also boasts Eugenie's diamond bodice bow, although it is not yet known if this was taken.

 

[Della]

I read "The Art Thief" last year. The true story of a young man who stole from museums all over Europe, often just by walking off with stuff. He didn't do it with thoughts of selling any of it, but to decorate the two attic rooms he lived in at the top of his mother's house. By the time he was caught every inch of wall and several cabinets were covered and filled with priceless art. Fascinating.

 

[Aunt Bea]

This is the stuff that movies are made of.

It will be interesting to see how this all unfolds. In some ways it reminds me of the PBS series Gold that is currently running.

There are probably many places where a bold unexpected move could be successful.

It’s very difficult to be on high alert for something that might happen when day after day for years nothing ever does.

In many cases we signal our apathy by the ‘guards’ that we hire to protect things of great value.

How many times have you seen a kid or a worn out old man in a security guards uniform instead of a young fit and alert person that would actually pose a threat to a burglar or bad actor.

 

[WhatInThe]

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This is the stuff that movies are made of.

It will be interesting to see how this all unfolds. In some ways it reminds me of the PBS series Gold that is currently running.

There are probably many places where a bold unexpected move could be successful.

It’s very difficult to be on high alert for something that might happen when day after day for years nothing ever does.

In many cases we signal our apathy by the ‘guards’ that we hire to protect things of great value.

How many times have you seen a kid or a worn out old man in a security guards uniform instead of a young fit and alert person that would actually pose a threat to a burglar or bad actor.

The security focus in museums probably has been preventing vandalism as much as theft.

A news cast said this took serious planning but it was as much about being able and willing to try it.

The sad part they say these thieves might be interested in selling the jewels, diamonds etc separately which means they'll probably break them up.. Any metals they could melt down for resale of somekind. Which means history is lost.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

That was like something out of a movie. And it took the less than 4 minutes! It will be interesting to see if they are able to catch any of them.