The Louvre Heist and the Ghost of 1911: What If the Mona Lisa Had Been Next?
Reading Time: 3 minutesMasked thieves with power tools breached the Louvre in broad daylight, smashing display cases and escaping with France’s crown jewels on scooters. One in three rooms had no cameras. The alarm was broken.
This time, they took tiaras and emeralds. But Sunday’s heist forces an uncomfortable question: if the Galerie d’Apollon could be breached so easily, what prevents a similar assault on the Mona Lisa?