HomeAustralian NewsSo, you've got robbed the Louvre of its crown jewels. Now what?

So, you’ve got robbed the Louvre of its crown jewels. Now what?


At 9.30am on Sunday, 4 males in a ladder-mounted truck pulled as much as the Apollo gallery of the Louvre. By 9.38am, they had been dashing away on a pair of high-powered scooters together with eight of the French Crown Jewels.

The nationwide artwork museum has estimated the loss at €90 million, however because the French Interior Ministry mentioned within the instant aftermath, the worth of irreplaceable cultural patrimony was “incalculable”.

Queen Hortense’s tiara (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

This lightning-fast theft has made headlines the world over, presenting some instant issues for the individuals who pulled it off.

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