The Seven-Minute Heist - Musee du Louvre
On the morning of 19 October 2025 a crew used a furniture lift to reach a first-floor window of the Louvre, cut into the Apollo Gallery and fled on scooters with royal and Napoleonic jewels worth about 88 million euros in roughly seven minutes; arrests followed and the investigation is ongoing.
About this place
The Louvre is the most visited museum on earth, a former royal palace that guards the Mona Lisa and tens of thousands of treasures. Yet on a bright Sunday morning in October 2025 it became the scene of one of the boldest daylight thefts in living memory. While visitors queued below, a small crew positioned a truck-mounted furniture lift against the museum's Seine-facing wall, rode it to a first-floor window and broke into the Galerie d'Apollon, the gilded hall that displays the French crown jewels. In a matter of minutes they cut open display cases, seized a selection of royal and Napoleonic pieces including an emerald-and-diamond set, and escaped on waiting scooters. Investigators later put the loss at roughly 88 million euros. Arrests have since been made, but because the case is still before the courts, no one here is named and no one is called guilty.
Key facts
- 88 million euros — The estimated value of the royal and Napoleonic jewels taken from the Apollo Gallery.
- 7 minutes — Roughly how long the whole raid lasted, from breaking in to fleeing on scooters.
- 2025 year — The heist took place on the morning of 19 October 2025, in broad daylight.
📍 Cour Carrée, 75001, Paris