Overview
- Newly released images and a condition report show the crown was badly deformed after thieves forced it through a narrow cut in its case and dropped it.
- The piece remains nearly intact, retaining all 56 emeralds and all but about 10 of 1,354 diamonds, though one of eight golden eagles is missing.
- The Louvre says the headpiece can be reshaped and returned to its original state without reconstruction.
- The advisory committee, chaired by Louvre president Laurence des Cars, includes curators and scientific specialists and will invite representatives from five historic jewelry houses.
- Investigators have arrested four alleged crew members, traced movements of the loot to a suburban parking garage, and are still seeking the mastermind and the eight missing items.