Thieves Raided Second French Museum Hours After Louvre Heist

One other museum in France has been the goal of brazen thieves.

Roughly 2,000 gold and silver cash had been stolen from Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot in Landres on Oct. 19, simply hours after over $100 million price of jewels had been stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Staff arrived on the museum — devoted to thinker and encyclopedist Denis Diderot — on Oct. 21 once they observed one of many show circumstances was smashed and raised the alarm, in accordance with an announcement to French media from native authority, per the BBC and USA At the moment.

In line with The Solar, the break-in had truly occurred on Oct. 19 and went undetected for 2 days whereas the museum was closed. 

The show case contained cash, relationship between 1790 and 1840, that had been found in 2011 throughout renovation on the museum. The stolen cash are price roughly €90,000 (or $104,000). Authorities mentioned in a public assertion, per USA At the moment, that the theft was performed with “nice experience and precision.”

It’s undetermined if this theft is linked to the Louvre theft.

Simply hours earlier than the thieves quietly stole the historic cash, 4 chainsaw-wielding thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris utilizing a ladder boosted by a mechanical growth truck to pressure a window open on the famed museum and steal hundreds of thousands of {dollars} price of jewellery.

“They stole jewellery from show circumstances contained in the museum and fled on bikes. An investigation has begun, and an in depth listing of the stolen objects is being compiled,” a Louvre spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to PEOPLE shortly after the incident.

“Past their market worth, these things have inestimable heritage and historic worth. The ministers of tradition and the inside are on website with the museum’s administration,” the assertion continued.

As for what was stolen from the long-lasting museum? The Ministry of Tradition confirmed to Reuters that 9 objects had been stolen: a sapphire tiara, a sapphire necklace and a single sapphire earring worn by Queen Marie-Amélie and Queen Hortense; an identical emerald necklace and emerald earrings worn by Marie-Louise (Napoleon Bonaparte’s second spouse); a tiara and huge brooch that belonged to Empress Eugénie; and a brooch often called the “reliquary brooch.”

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An knowledgeable later informed the BBC that if authorities did not find the stolen jewels the next two days, they’d doubtless by no means be discovered.

“[Police] know that within the subsequent 24 or 48 hours, if these thieves aren’t caught, these items are in all probability lengthy gone,” Chris Marinello, the CEO of Artwork Restoration Worldwide, informed the outlet on Oct. 20. “They might catch the criminals however they will not recuperate the jewels.”