Cameras Did Not Cover Jewel Heist Window, Louvre Boss Reveals
The Paris museum reopened to the public Wednesday as the interrogation into how a gang was able to carry out its audacious broad-daylight heist continues.
Visitors take pictures of "La Liberte guidant le peuple" (Liberty Leading the People, 1830) by French artist Eugene Delacroix (1798–1863) displayed in the Louvre Museum on the day it reopened to the public after last Sunday's heist, The Galerie d'Apollon where eight pieces of Napoleon and the Empress's jewelry collection were stolen remains closed, in Paris, France, on Oct. 22, 2025. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
With France still stunned from Sunday’s brazen crown jewel heist at the Louvre Museum, its Director Laurence des Cars said Wednesday that the exterior security cameras do not offer full coverage of the museum’s facade, and the window through which the thieves broke in was not monitored by CCTV.
The world-famous museum reopened its doors to the public on Wednesday morning in Paris after the heist.
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