Overview
- Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau put the estimated economic loss at about €88 million and said roughly 100 investigators are on the case.
- The museum reopened to visitors on Wednesday, though the Galerie d’Apollon remains closed for forensic work following the seven-minute daylight raid.
- Louvre director Laurence des Cars told senators that exterior camera coverage was incomplete and said the thieves were not detected early enough; she offered to resign, but the culture minister declined.
- Police have secured a damaged Empress Eugénie crown, motorcycles, a licence plate, a basket lift, and a hi‑vis vest with possible DNA as they review CCTV and motorway footage.
- Officials say eight Napoleonic-era pieces were stolen using a truck-mounted ladder and cutting tools, the items were not privately insured under French rules, and experts warn the jewels could be dismantled or melted to evade detection.