Louvre Investigator Has 'Hope' of Finding Stolen Jewels
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Few artists can say their work has been seen by millions in Paris, but P.E.I. artist Paul Alan can. His paintings were recently displayed outside the entrance to the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum.
Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris — the world's most visited museum — early Sunday morning. Museum officials said they stole jewelry and fled.
Does a photo show a well-dressed French detective working the case of the Crown Jewels stolen from the Louvre? No, that's not true: The original poster later said it was a "fantasy version" she did not regret posting.
Pritzker-prize winning architect Jean Nouvel has radically transformed the interior of a stately 19th-century building.
The Paris Louvre reopens on Wednesday after the daring theft from the most visited museum in the world. Its director Laurence des Cars is facing questions from a parliamentary culture committee scrutinising security failures.
Prosecutor Laure Beccuau, whose office is leading the investigation, said about 100 investigators are now involved in the police hunt for the suspects and gems after Sunday’s theft.
Detectives investigating the £76m heist at the Louvre say they have uncovered evidence of an inside job, The Telegraph understands.
Ariel Weil, mayor of central Paris, says it's obvious to him that the Louvre museum’s security system did in fact fail during Sunday's crown jewel heist. But that’s contrary to what the French culture minister,