2025 Louvre robbery
 | This article is about a current event. (October 2025) |
.jpg) The Galerie d'Apollon in 2024 | |
 Site of the heist | |
| Date | 19 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Time | c. 9:30a.m. (CET) |
| Venue | Louvre |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Type | Art theft |
On Sunday 19 October 2025, thieves who dressed up as workers stole nine pieces of the French Crown Jewels from the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre in Paris, France. The robbery took four to seven minutes and happened during regular opening hours.[1] It was the first art theft to happen at the Louvre since the 1998 robbery of the painting Le chemin de Sèvres.[2]
The thieves stole eight jewels, but one dropped as they were escaping.[3] A (disc cutter or) diamond disc cutter was used during the robbery.[source?]
Arrest
[change | change source]Police arrested, what they believed was a third person involved in the robbery, according to media (October 30).[4] Earlier that month, investigators arrested two men. The first was arrest on 25 October, when he tried to escape from France to Algeria. He was in arrest at Paris' Roissy Airport.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Louvre closed for the day after robbery of 'priceless' jewelry". Le Monde. 19 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ↑ Schofield, Hugh (19 October 2025). "How common are thefts from the Louvre?". BBC News. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ↑ "See the jewels the Louvre thieves stole — and the one they didn't get away with - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2025-10-20. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
- ↑ https://www.nrk.no/norge/fransk-radiokanal_-fem-nye-pagrepet-etter-louvre-tyveri-1.17632407. Retrieved 2025-10-30
- ↑ "Arrests made in crown jewel heist at Paris' Louvre museum, prosecutor says - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2025-10-27. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
