the Visual Journalism team20 October 2025Interior view of the Apollo

Gallery in the Louvre Museum, Paris, showcasing its opulent Baroque design. The vaulted ceiling is richly adorned with gold detailing, intricate moldings, and large painted panels depicting mythological scenes. Gilded frames and sculptures line the walls, while visitors walk along the polished wooden floor, observing artifacts displayed in glass cases and atop ornate golden tables.The sun was already up over Paris and visitors had started to file through the Louvre Museum's corridors when the gang struck.Within eight minutes, they were speeding away from the heart of the French capital with some of the nation's most valuable treahttps://www.bbc.com/news/resources/idt-fde5876a-c35c-48a2-b4cf-d255bd25611bsure.

This is how one of the most shocking thefts in recent memory unfolded. How did the thieves get in?