Robbery at the Louvre: VIDEO and PHOTOS show the museum’s jewels taken by thieves; diamond worth US$60 million was

See images of the jewels stolen from the Louvre museum In a quick and very precise operation, hooded thieves broke into the imposing Louvre museum, the most visited on the planet, this Sunday (19), and stole jewels from 19th century French royalty valued at millions of euros. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp Without being caught, the criminals entered through a window, broke the display cases where the jewelry was kept and fled on a motorbike. All this in broad daylight, with the museum open to visitors. The French Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is investigating the case, is still trying to piece together the puzzle to discover the group behind the robbery and how the criminals managed to carry it out without museum security seeing them. According to the French prosecutor’s office, the action lasted seven minutes, and eight pieces were taken. The list includes at least one crown, one necklace, earrings and one brooch. See some of them in the video above and in the photos below: Crown with sapphires and almost 2,000 diamonds and necklace with eight Sri Lankan sapphires and more than 600 diamonds belonging to the queen consort Maria Amélia (the photo also shows earrings and a brooch, but the pieces were not taken) Necklace, crown and earrings belonging to the French queen Maria Amélia de Bourbon, which are among the jewels stolen by thieves at the museum of Louvre, in Paris, on October 19, 2025. Disclosure/ Louvre Museum Empress Eugênia’s pearl tiara: Empress Eugênia’s pearl tiara, one of the pieces stolen by thieves from the Louvre museum, on October 19, 2025. Louvre Museum via Reuters Necklace and earrings of Emperor Maria Luisa, Napoleon’s second wife Bonaparte, with 32 emeralds and 1,138 diamonds. Necklace and earrings belonging to the French Empress Maria Luisa, which are among the pieces stolen by thieves from the Louvre Museum, in Paris, on October 19, 2025. Disclosure/ Louvre Museum Brooch with 2,634 diamonds belonging to Empress Eugênia, wife of Napoleon III. The piece was only acquired in 2008 by the Louvre for €6.72 million (around R$42.2 million). Brooch of the French Empress Eugênia, one of the pieces taken in the robbery of the Louvre museum, in Paris, on October 19, 2025. Disclosure/ Louvre Museum Empress Eugênia’s diamond and emerald crown, which was recovered hours later on a street in Paris, according to the police. Crown of the French Empress Eugênia, one of the pieces stolen from the Louvre museum on October 19, 2025. Disclosure/ Louvre Museum READ MORE: SIMULATION: video shows the path taken by the criminals in the Louvre; see Diamond valued at US$60 million 140-carat diamond that is part of the Apollo gallery, at the Louvre museum, which was stolen on October 19, 2025. The piece, however, was not taken by the thieves. Disclosure/ Louvre Museum The most expensive item in the collection was not taken. It is the Regent diamond, 140 carats and valued at US$60 million (around R$377 million), according to estimates from the auction house Sotheby’s. Museum closes at dawn Louvre Museum closes after jewelry theft The Louvre museum dawns closed this Monday (20), causing outrage and disruption among tourists — the Louvre is the most visited museum in the world. Also on Monday, the Ministry of the Interior ordered increased security in all of the country’s main museums. Security guards were seen in various parts of the museum, and even used sniffer dogs to reinforce the perimeter. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Monday that he had ordered security to be reinforced around museums and cultural institutions after the robbery. Infographic: where the jewelry theft took place at the Louvre Museum, in Paris Arte/g1

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