Published: 17:19, October 22, 2025
Louvre Museum reopens in Paris after $100m jewel heist
By Bloomberg
A police officer works inside the Louvre museum, Sunday, Oct 19, 2025 in Paris. (PHOTO / AP)

The Louvre reopened its doors to visitors in Paris on Wednesday, the museum said on its website, three days after thieves stole jewels worth around €88 million ($102 million) in a daring daytime heist.

The Apollo Gallery, where the theft took place and which is home to the French crown jewels, remains closed to the public, however, Agence France-Presse reported.

Robbers armed with disc grinders broke into the world-famous museum, which has close to 9 million visitors a year, on Sunday morning, using a truck-mounted furniture hoist to reach the first-floor gallery.

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The items they stole included a tiara, a sapphire necklace and matching earrings from the collection of Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings belonging to Marie-Louise; a reliquary brooch; and a tiara and large corsage bow of Empress Eugénie.