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Louvre's Apollo Gallery reopens after Crown Jewels theft scandal

The site that was the scene of a spectacular burglary in October 2025 is once again serving as its original 17th-century ceremonial gallery.

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00:02It had been the scene of the spectacular theft of the crown jewels.
00:08The Apollo Gallery at the Lure Museum has reopened to the public,
00:11returning to its original function as a 17th century ceremonial gallery
00:15without display cases or jewels.
00:19The jewels that were not stolen during the heist will soon be displayed
00:23in another room designed as a windowless vault,
00:26said museum director Christophe Leribold.
00:30In October 2025, a four-man gang broke into the Apollo Gallery
00:35using a cherry picker and stole eight jewels from the French crown in broad daylight.
00:41The heist exposed serious security flaws at the world's most visited museum,
00:45leading to the resignation of the then-president, Laurence Descartes.
00:51The loot from the heist, estimated at 88 million euros, remains untraceable to this day.
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