Louvre Museum thieves… showcases displaying stolen jewels in the dock

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Louvre Museum thieves… showcases displaying stolen jewels in the dock

The Louvre Museum in a statement to the agency "AFP" Tuesday, about the quality of The jewelsthat were stolen on Sunday from the Apollo Hall, in response to being described as "Apparently more fragile than the old one"

The administration of the Parisian Museum confirmed that "The facades, installed in December 2019, represent a significant improvement in terms of safety, given that the previous installations were very outdated and, had they not been replaced, would have resulted in the items being withdrawn from display.".

It was a satirical newspaper "Le Canard Enchaine" I considered that "Steal The Crown Jewels The incident on the morning of October 19 could undoubtedly have been avoided if the Louvre Museum had not replaced the showcases behind which these pieces were displayed with ones that were supposedly safer."

Theft of the Louvre Museum

The thieves only needed a few minutes on Sunday to enter the Apollo Hall through a window, which they arrived by means of a truck equipped with a crane, and smashed two of the three new facades installed at the end of 2019 to preserve the precious jewels, then left carrying with them eight jewels.

It was reported. "Le Canard Enchaine" That an old armored façade dates back to the fifties of the last century, and is equipped with a system that makes it disappear in a safe. "At the first warning"It probably could have prevented the theft if it had been kept in place.

The management of the Louvre Museum indicated that this old system, which was equipped with a new mechanism in the eighties of the last century, "It was old and no longer fit for use, and malfunctions occurred when the side shutters were lowered"

The administration added that it recommended three new display showcases "Provides all necessary guarantees"Among them are the two facades that were demolished on Sunday, after studies launched in 2014.