The footage shows the slow-motion descent of two of the Crown jewels’ thieves after the broad-daylight heist.
A French forensics officer examines the broken window on the balcony of the crime scene at the Louvre in Paris on Oct. 19, 2025. Kiran Ridley/Getty Images
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A video has emerged showing two of the thieves escaping from the Louvre after their heist of the Napoleonic crown jewels on Sunday morning.
The 36-second clip captures two men slowly descending a ladder on a motorized basket lift, following a smash-and-grab robbery from the Apollo Gallery of the Paris museum.
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