Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced that the loot from Sunday’s spectacular jewel heist at the Louvre was valued by the museum’s curator at 88 million euros.
“The damages were estimated by the curator of the Louvre at 88 million euros”, an “extremely spectacular” sum, but which “is in no way parallel or comparable to the historical damages”, added the prosecutor to the RTL broadcaster, specifying that the criminals “will not earn” this figure “if they have the terrible idea of melting down these jewels”.
The president of the Louvre wanted to resign, Macron said no
According to information from Le Figaro, the president of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, resigned in the hours following the theft at the museum on Sunday morning. The resignation was rejected. According to the newspaper, it was President Emmanuel Macron, her great supporter, who refused her resignation and called her several times in recent days.
“Hold on – he told her according to Le Figaro – there’s no question of frustrating the museum’s renewal dynamic.” Last January, Macron appointed des Cars to lead the work on the future “Grand Louvre” project.