There is, however, a naivety in thinking that a museum as old and as famous as the Louvre could be invulnerable. Its despondent director, Laurence des Cars, flagged a “worrying level of obsolescence” in its security back in January, but little appears to have been done to rectify the problem.

Matt Bomer insists that he 'had nothing to do' with the heist that stole priceless jewels from the Louvre — but his 'White Collar' costars disagree.

A new social media advertisement by IKEA poked fun at the recent Louvre heist in which thieves stole jewels valued at more than $100 million. Newsweek has reached out to IKEA for comment via email.

PARIS (AP) — The director of the Louvre Museum on Wednesday acknowledged a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris monument after a stunning daylight crown jewel heist at the world’s most-visited museum, and said she offered to resign but it was refused.

Elaine Sciolino, former Paris bureau chief of the The New York Times, discusses the painful irony at the heart of Sunday’s grand theft.

As theories flooded social media in the days following the robbery, one photo of a man began making its rounds online. The image, taken by Paris-based photographer Thibault Camus for the Associated Press, shows three policemen standing in front of a squad car in the museum’s courtyard.

PARIS (AP) — It was shortly after the stunning heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame a dapperly dressed young man walking by uniformed French police officers, their car blocking one of the museum gates. Instinctively, he took the shot.

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