Overview
- The museum reopened to visitors three days after the theft, though the Galerie d’Apollon remains closed to the public.
- Louvre president Laurence des Cars told senators that interior alarms worked but exterior video surveillance is insufficient and outdated, and she asked for a permanent police post inside the museum.
- Prosecutor Laure Beccuau put the economic loss at €88 million, stressing that the patrimonial damage cannot be quantified.
- Investigators have identified four people present during the robbery and mobilized roughly 100 officers to review forensic traces and footage, with no arrests announced and new video showing the escape under examination.
- The thieves used a rented lift to reach a balcony, forced a window, smashed display cases, and fled on motorcycles within minutes; one imperial crown was recovered nearby with damage.