Day after the Louvre saw a $102 million robbery, another robbery was reported in a French museum – La Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot – in northeastern France. According to the media reports, several gold and silver coins were stolen from the museum on the day it was closed. The robbery was discovered when museum staff arrived the next day to find signs of forced entry through the sliding door and pieces of glass. No other object was stolen from the museum. The city hall said in a press release that part of the “museum treasure” was stolen. It said: “Law enforcement officers were immediately notified and went to the scene. Together with the site manager, they carried out a full inspection of the premises. According to initial observations, part of the “museum treasure”, a collection of silver and gold coins discovered during renovation work on the Hôtel du Breuil, which now houses the museum, has disappeared.” “The display case that protected it was found broken on the ground. The museum’s crews are currently making an exact inventory of the items they will hand over to law enforcement,” it said. Also read | Louvre heist becomes marketing gold for German company behind truck: ‘When you need to get back up and running quickly’ The stolen coins were part of a collection of nearly 2,000 discovered in 2011 hidden in the museum’s woodwork during a renovation of the historic mansion. Louvre Heist: How It Happened Jewels worth $102 million were stolen in a weekend heist at the world’s most visited museum, the Louvre, that shocked the world. The accused robbed the museum in just four minutes and are still at large. On October 19, thieves dressed as renovation workers park the truck equipped with a forklift on the sidewalk at the foot of the Louvre, as they also put traffic cones around the truck to simulate a maintenance operation. Two people climb a ladder to reach a balcony and enter through a window. They entered the south end of the Apollo gallery. As the security scrambled, the robbers cut the glass that held the jewels with disk cutters. Security officers have visitors evacuate, in accordance with requirements that focus on crowd safety. The museum manager calls the nearby police station to report a theft in progress and asks for immediate assistance. The thieves left through the same window and fled east with two other people waiting for them on two scooters. Later, police found the emerald-set imperial crown of Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugénie, with more than 1,300 diamonds, outside the museum. (With agency input)
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