Louvre museum heist -- priceless jewels stolen

[HelenaRavenclaw]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c62lnennzgdt

C'est incroyable, non?

That was where my mind went, too.

J’ai un alibi 😉

Mais c’est incroyable! En plein jour…😳

Well, the end of Red Notice had the Rock, Ryan Gosling and Gal Gadot outside the Louvre all set for a sequel that involved a jewel heist.

You e got to admire a good heist. Chapeau to them.

A ladder!!!!

Doh!

Why didnt I think of this!

I assumed when closed. Do not worry! Am on the case :) NB: user name.

I wonder if effectively much more security when closed so a ‘plain sight’ approach much smarter/easier?

Surely there were witnesses?

I love a good heist! A bit disappointed it didnt involve disguises, laser beams, code names, and a bespectacled genius coordinating things from afar.

Good old fashioned ladder and a hammer. I wonder what they'll do with them.

Oligarch buyers perhaps?

Will they be caught? Just seen the chap in high vis vest smashing open the cabinet. Someone filmed. Presumably they’ll have him on CCTV (?)

Posing as construction workers apparently.

May yet be an evil genius in a lair involved. :)

Mon dieu! A mechanical ladder, a scooter getaway and a dropped crown - it’s all quite comical 😂

I think its a piece of performance art from those Frankish Frenchies and its being played out across the world and we're all part of it now.

The Louvre directors came up with the wheeze in order to drum up interest I think.

Reminds me of that Spider-Man of Paris guy who took the paintings from the Paris Museum of Modern Art (documentary on Netflix).

My first thought too!

I think they’ll be melted down and the jewels sold separately to the metal.

7 minutes seems like long enough for police to turn up if alerted. Not sure why they were able to do it all successfully but I haven’t read up on it at all.

They won't sell them as they are. They'll melt them down and sell the gold and silver, possibly as ingots.

You’d imagine, especially given the gallery open, there was an in house security team?

Inside job to order. They'll all be broken up by now. Poor France.

You wouldn't get this with the Crown Jewels.

Has there been any update on this ?

No.

I know I shouldn't but I'm actually quite impressed with their chutzpah and I secretly want them to get away with it, even though I know it is wrong.

Was it a clever move to execute during open hours as security much tighter at night?

I feel a bit like that about the planes that went into the twin towers.
Horribly evil act, but fantastically project managed. I saw a programme about it - all the men flying the planes first had to learn to fly. The actual act was years in the making.

Due to the loss of life & unspeakable tragedy can’t compare.