In a significant development surrounding last month’s audacious heist at the Louvre Museum, authorities have apprehended four additional suspects believed to be connected to the theft of jewels valued at a staggering $102 million. This announcement was made by Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau, who is overseeing the investigation into this high-profile case.
The individuals now in custody include two men and two women, aged between 31 and 40, as reported by The Associated Press. However, the exact roles these suspects are alleged to have played in orchestrating or executing the heist remain undisclosed, leaving the public with more questions than answers.
In the aftermath of the robbery, Louvre director Laurence des Cars publicly acknowledged a significant lapse in the museum’s security measures. She expressed regret over the incident, stating, “Despite our efforts, despite our hard work on a daily basis, we failed,” as reported by The Guardian. This candid admission highlights the challenges faced by even the most prestigious institutions in safeguarding invaluable artifacts.
Reports reveal that the security failure was particularly evident concerning the museum’s perimeter. Notably, the only surveillance camera outside the Louvre was misaligned, failing to cover the balcony that provided access to the gallery housing the stolen jewels. Nonetheless, it was confirmed that all internal alarms were operational during the burglary.
The scene at the Louvre, captured a week following the heist, showed a police vehicle stationed in the museum courtyard, underscoring the heightened security measures now in place as authorities continue their investigation into this daring crime. (Image: Thomas Padilla, File/AP Photo)
Des Cars admitted that security around the Louvre’s perimeter was an issue and that the only camera monitoring the outside of the museum was facing away from the balcony that led to the gallery where the precious jewels were kept, according to reports. The Guardian also noted that des Cars confirmed all the museum’s alarms were functioning during the burglary.
Recently, des Cars shared the details of the museum’s heightened security measures with the Committee of Cultural Affairs of the National Assembly, the AP reported.
The Louvre director also shared that the robbers used disc cutters to get into the display cases to take the loot. She said that while the display cases were replaced in 2019 to protect against weapon attacks, the method used by the gang of thieves in the Oct. 19 heist was “not imagined at all.”
This photo provided on Thursday Oct. 23, 2025, by Interpol and taken from its website shows the jewels stolen in the Louvre Museum on Sunday Oct. 19, 2025, in Paris. (Interpol via AP)
Beccuau has previously stated that the thieves appeared to use a truck-mounted lift, the kind movers use for heavy furniture, to get to the museum’s second floor where they were able to break into the Apollo Gallery in broad daylight and steal eight jewels valued collectively at 88 million euros, or $102 million.
The loot includes a diamond-and-emerald necklace Napoleon gave to Empress Marie-Louise, jewels tied to 19th-century Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense, and Empress Eugénie’s pearl-and-diamond tiara, none of which has been recovered.
“We failed these jewels,” des Cars said, according to the BBC. The outlet also quoted the director as saying that no one is safe from “brutal thieves — not even the Louvre.”
Police secure the area outside the Louvre Museum in Paris where burglars used a truck-mounted moving lift to reach a second-floor window and steal royal jewelry valued at more than $100 million. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
Preliminary charges have already been filed against three men and one woman arrested in October in connection with the heist, according to the AP.
