LYON, France – On Sunday, 19 October 2025, at 09:30, thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris and stole nine items of priceless jewellry.
Four suspects entered the museum’s Galerie d'Apollon (Gallery of Apollo) using a mechanical ladder mounted on a vehicle. They cut through the display cases and fled with the culturally significant items, which date back to France's 19th-century royalty and are encrusted with thousands of diamonds and other precious gemstones.
A crown once belonging to Empress Eugenie of France was recovered from the scene, seemingly dropped by the intruders. Eight other items remain missing.
The stolen jewels have been added to INTERPOL’s Stolen Works of Art database, which combines descriptions and pictures of more than 57,000 items from around the world. It is the only database at the international level with certified police information on stolen and missing objects of art.
INTERPOL has also published a special edition poster alerting it membership of the theft.
If you have any information about the theft or the current location of the stolen objects, please contact INTERPOL.
