US EditionEmpress's crown dropped in Louvre heist to be fully restored: museum
The Louvre confirmed Empress Eugénie’s crown, dropped and deformed during the October heist, retains nearly all gems and will be fully restored without reconstruction.
- On 04/02/2026 the Louvre museum announced Empress Eugénie de Montijo's crown, dropped during last October's heist, can be fully restored despite thieves stealing 88 million euros in jewels.
- Thieves sawed a narrow hole in the glass display case to extract items, damaging Empress Eugénie de Montijo's crown, which was badly deformed after being dropped and crushed as they fled.
- The Louvre says the crown retains all 56 emeralds and all but 10 of its 1,354 diamonds, with one of the eight golden eagles missing.
- Law enforcement says four people are now in custody, but investigators have yet to find the alleged mastermind or recover the remaining stolen jewels.
- An expert committee led by Laurence des Cars, president of the Louvre, will supervise restoration by a qualified expert chosen competitively, as the museum says the crown can be fully restored.
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During their burglary in the Louvre in October, the thieves sometimes take a very rough approach, thereby damaging a crown commissioned by the last French monarch Napoleon lll. Now there is good news.
Nearly four months after the resounding burglary of the Louvre, on October 19, 2025, all the jewels were not found. The crown of Empress Eugénie, on the other hand, had been abandoned by the criminals. The museum published the images, relayed franceinfo. The crown was largely distorted, because of the manipulation of the burglars in order to extract it from the window. The crown of Eugénie will be able to benefit from a "full restoration". The j…
The jewel, whose mount is flexible and light, suffered a deformation, probably due to the tension it endured when extracted from the showcase
The jewel suffered “damages of crushing” and was considerably deformed, “conserving its almost total integrity”
The historic jewel can be completely restored – without reconstruction.
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