A Chinese woman was accused of stealing gold from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris

A Chinese woman was arrested and charged over Steal gold from National Museum of Natural History in Paris, in one of several major thefts targeting French cultural institutions recently, a public prosecutor said on Tuesday.
The theft, which the museum director said at the time was carried out by a highly skilled team, took place on September 16, a little more than a month before the robbery in which jewels were stolen from the Louvre Museum on Sunday.
The 24 Chinese items were arrested. A year old in Barcelona on September 30, in connection with the theft of gold worth more than a million dollars from the Natural History Museum in Paris, according to what was reported by Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Picot.
The suspect was handed over to the French authorities on October 13, and was charged with theft and conspiracy to commit a crime. She was placed in pretrial detention on the same day.
Investigations showed that she left France on the day of the theft and was preparing to return to China.

A kilogram of molten gold coins

The public prosecutor said that when she was arrested, she was trying to dispose of about a kilogram of molten gold coins, without providing additional details.
The museum curator discovered the theft of gold coins on display after a cleaner reported the presence of debris in the place.
The stolen items included gold coins from Bolivia that were donated in the century 18, and another from the Ural region in Russia that was gifted by Tsar Nicholas I in 1833, along with gold pieces from California dating back to the era of the gold fever.

Pico also indicated that a 5-kilogram piece from Australia discovered in 1990 was among the stolen items.
She added that approximately 6 kilograms of natural gold were stolen, while the damage was estimated. About 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million), indicating the historical and scientific value of the pieces "Priceless"

Museum doors were cut

Investigators concluded that two of the museum’s doors were cut, while the display cabinet was pierced with a blowtorch. The tools used in the operation were found nearby.
Surveillance camera recordings showed a person entering the museum alone shortly after one in the morning and leaving around four in the morning, according to Pico, who indicated that the investigation is still ongoing.
The police are still conducting searches for thieves who stole priceless royal jewelry from the Louvre in an operation that occurred during the day on Sunday.
The robbery revived controversy over the lack of security in French museums.

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