Just yesterday we watched the first episode of the series “Lupin”, in which Assane Diop, inspired by the adventures of the fictional thief Arsène Lupin from Maurice Leblanc’s novels, together with two accomplices, carefully plans and steals a necklace that once belonged to Queen Marie-Antoinette from the Louvre. The episode was very cool, I hope the whole series is too.
And today I see in the news that today criminals stole jewels of “immeasurable worth” from the section where the French royal regalia are kept in the Louvre, and then fled the crime scene on scooters. The thieves entered the Apollo Gallery, where the French crown jewels are housed, using a ladder and, presumably, small chainsaws. Nine items were stolen from the collection of Napoleon’s and the Empresses’ (Josephine’s and Eugenie’s) jewels, including a necklace, a brooch, and a tiara. The entire theft took seven minutes. At least one of the stolen items was found near the museum. It appears the robbers dropped it during their escape.
What a coincidence
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