A cinematic exit was executed by the two burglars who broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday morning, after stealing jewelry worth 88 million euros. The two – out of four – thieves who “burst in” to the museum during the arrival of the first visitors, descended by crane, and after reaching the ground, escaped on a scooter. The escape was captured on video that circulated on social media in recent hours, which Le Parisien reproduced, noting that it has managed to confirm its authenticity.
Louvre Museum: The thieves’ escape
As captured on camera, the two perpetrators exited through the window from which they had entered just four minutes earlier, in order to reach the famous Apollo Gallery. The person who filmed the shocking event remains unknown. It should be noted that one thief wears a yellow vest – pretending to be a worker – while the other wears a motorcycle helmet. Both are dressed in black clothing. However, the calmness of the two perpetrators is striking, as they move away from the crime scene undisturbed. “The guys are on a scooter,” can be heard through what sounds like a radio. “They’re leaving, they’re leaving… Damn, the police have arrived,” continues a voice, probably that of the person filming the video.
A few seconds after their departure, they attempt to set fire to the crane without succeeding. This action is difficult to observe in the images posted on social media. A few seconds later, the burglars reappear in the video on a small scooter. The video stops at this point. “They’re leaving,” says a man’s voice then.
🇫🇷 First footage of the Louvre heist shows burglars fleeing wildly
Initially on a forklift, then on scooters through Paris streets.
Crown jewels worth €88 million were stolen from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery on Sunday. The heist lasted only 7 minutes and involved 4 suspects. pic.twitter.com/FXS2sl0jLE
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 23, 2025
Louvre Museum: “We didn’t detect the thieves’ arrival in time,” says director
It should be noted that, in response to a question from the Senate Culture Committee, the director of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars admitted weaknesses in the external surveillance system of the great Parisian museum. “The security system, as it operates today in the Apollo hall, functioned flawlessly,” including all the alarms, des Cars assured. However, she admitted that the video surveillance system of the exterior of the huge palace was “very inadequate,” speaking of a “weakness in perimeter protection”: “We didn’t detect the thieves’ arrival in time.”
“There are some perimeter cameras, but they are old (…), their number is very inadequate, they don’t cover all the facades of the Louvre, and unfortunately from the side of the Apollo hall,” where the theft took place, “the only camera is facing west and therefore didn’t cover the balcony that was affected by the break-in,” she stated. The criminals entered the museum using a crane positioned on the public road and cut through a glass door-window with a disc saw, targeted the display cases housing the jewelry, all within minutes, before disappearing with eight national treasures.
