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A history of heists at the Louvre: From the Mona Lisa to Napoleon's jewels

One of the most famous art heists in history was the 1911 theft of the "Mona Lisa." The 16th-century Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian immigrant who'd worked at the Louvre as a handyman and who smuggled the painting out of the building after hours by removing it from its frame and hiding it beneath his work coat.

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A Brief History of Heists at the Louvre

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How the Louvre’s other famous heist became part of art history

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Louvre reopens three days after French crown jewels stolen

The Louvre Museum in Paris has reopened three days after jewellery worth 88 million euros (£76m; $88m) was stolen in a brazen daylight robbery.

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Louvre’s Director Says Key Camera Was Pointing Away From Jewelry Thieves

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Paris prosecutor says stolen Louvre jewels worth an estimated $102 million

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The Louvre reopens 3 days after one of the biggest museum heists of the century

The Apollo Room where the theft occurred remained closed to visitors, while crowds — hundreds deep — waited outside the museum’s glass pyramid entrance.

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Finding the jewels and the brazen thieves in the Louvre heist is now a race against time

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Slow getaway of the Louvre thieves in plain sight

The Louvre has a wild history of being robbed in broad daylight

One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso numbered among the suspects.

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Louvre heist adds to history of high-profile museum breaches, leaves other galleries on edge

Museum security concerns rise after the latest Louvre robbery, as experts recall other major art thefts, including the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's still-unsolved heist from 1990.

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Louvre Museum Heists: From Mona Lisa to Courbet's The Wave - A Look at the Biggest Art Thefts in Paris

Explore the history of major art heists at Paris’s Louvre Museum — from the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa to Courbet’s missing The Wave and the recent jewellery robbery in the Apollo Room.

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Stolen treasures, a crown in the gutter - and serious questions for Louvre security

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes .

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Louvre director calls crown jewel heist a 'terrible failure' and offers resignation

The Louvre reopened earlier in the day to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid for the first time since one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.

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Fake Louvre jewellery goes on sale online for £100,000

But according to online listings on eBay and Vinted, items purporting to be the jewels are for sale, with prices ranging from some thousands up to £100,000 as a starting bid. Vinted’s policy states you can only sell authentic items — all counterfeit items are strictly prohibited – to keep the platform trustworthy and safe for all members.