Overview
- Newly released surveillance video reconstructs 3 minutes 19 seconds of the October 2025 theft inside the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery.
- The images show gallery guards spotting the break-in and not intervening after a supervisor told them to focus on clearing visitors.
- The reconstruction lays out the method as a truck with a hydraulic lift near the Seine, workers’ vests and helmets, entry via a camera blind spot, and a motorcycle escape toward the A6.
- The museum values the missing trove at about €88 million for eight crown jewels, while Empress Eugenia’s crown was dropped during the getaway, recovered, and restored.
- The release revives earlier official criticism of Louvre security after a 2025 audit faulted safeguards and a parliamentary review said police missed stopping the thieves by roughly 30 seconds.