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Thursday, May 28, 2026
TopicLouvre Museum robbery

Topic: Louvre Museum robbery

Louvre Museum jewellery heist of 2025 is now being made into a movie

The film will be adapted from the book Main Basse Sur Le Louvre, written by three journalists from French dailies Le Parisien, Le Monde, and the weekly magazine Paris Match.

First the Louvre, now Italy—Europe’s museums have a heist problem

The brazen daylight theft of Louvre crown jewels 6 months ago may have 'inspired' a heist in which four hooded men stole three masterpieces from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation near Parma last week

Italy’s latest art theft and 6 museum heists that are better than any ‘Oceans’ film

The recent theft at the Magnani Rocca Foundation in Italy adds to a long list of audacious museum heists, many carried out within minutes.

‘All museums are at risk’. How Louvre heist sparked a reckoning on art security

It only took seven minutes to bring the world’s largest museum to its knees. The thieves had set up a truck on the periphery of the museum. It went unnoticed because trucks and their appendages are common sights in Paris.

‘Mission Impossible’—Fevicol’s cheeky ad featuring Le Louvre jewellery heist

The brand even threw in a reference to hit Hindi heist film Dhoom 2, a Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan-starrer that also depicted a slick jewellery theft from a museum.

Gone in 7 minutes: Thieves break into France’s Louvre using chainsaws, make away with 9 items

French govt has initiated probe into Louvre heist executed in broad daylight. Total value of the stolen items has not yet been confirmed.

On Camera

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2026 is like 1973 Indira-era oil shock plus youth anger. Modi has space, but not immunity

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