Recently, fresh video footage has surfaced, potentially capturing the culprits behind the audacious heist at Paris’s iconic Louvre Museum, carried out in broad daylight on Sunday.
This video, shared by the French network BFMTV, allegedly depicts what is being described as one of the most daring art thefts of recent times.
The brief video seems to show an individual within the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery, known for housing some of the museum’s most invaluable artifacts.
Recorded by an unknown observer, the footage features a person in a vivid yellow jacket standing next to a glass exhibit.
The newly surfaced video appears to display an individual clad in a yellow jacket near a display case amidst the Louvre theft in Paris. (BFMTV)
The amateur video was reviewed and broadcast by BFMTV, who filmed the screen of the phone that captured it, confirming its content on Sunday. However, the Associated Press has yet to verify its legitimacy independently.
According to French authorities, the thieves executed a highly coordinated operation that unfolded just after the museum opened to the public in the morning.
At around 9:30 a.m., thieves used a basket lift to reach the Louvre’s facade, forcing open a window to gain entry to the Apollo Gallery, which contains displays of the royal jewels.
Thieves executed a daytime heist at the Louvre Museum, stealing French crown jewels. (Thibault Camus : AP)
According to reports, the group made off with jewels once belonging to Napoleon III’s court, including pieces from Empress Eugénie’s personal collection.
“They breached through a window and made this really brazen. These guys are fast and moving quickly with a purpose, and they breach, and they get in there really quickly,” former FBI Art Crime expert Tim Carpenter told Fox News Digital.
After the heist, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez spoke to radio station France Inter and said the thieves “entered from the outside using a basket lift” and “a disc cutter” to slice through glass panes containing precious jewels.
A crown worn by French Empress Eugenie, which was targeted by thieves during a heist at Paris’ Louvre Museum on Oct. 19, 2025 but was dropped during their escape, on display in this undated still frame from a video. (Louvre Museum/Handout via Reuters)
“The investigation has begun, and a detailed list of the stolen items is being compiled,” the ministry also said in a statement. “Beyond their market value, these items have inestimable heritage and historical value.”
The Louvre remained closed on Monday as investigators combed through the scene and reviewed surveillance footage.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Louvre Museum and the Ministry of Culture for comment.
