The theft that occurred on the Louvre Museum in Paris over the weekend is “rattling shut” to most expense museum theft in historical past, in response to some of the well-known artwork thieves on this planet.
Myles Connor walked into the Museum of Tremendous Arts in Boston and walked out with a Rembrandt portray within the Eighties.
“One of the best that they’ll do in the event that they need to make any cash out of them can be to hold on to them for just a few years after which have anyone method the museum, let’s say, an legal professional, and say, ‘Pay attention, I’ve bought these guys which may have the ability to get well them, however they’re placing their life at risk,'” Connor stated to ABC Information by cellphone when requested how the thieves may get any cash from the heist.
Law enforcement officials stand close to the pyramid of the Louvre museum after studies of a theft, in Paris, France, Oct. 19, 2025.
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He estimates the reward for the gadgets taken from the Louvre may very well be as a lot as $5 million.
“I stole the Rembrandt out of the MFA, that was my objective,” he stated.
Connor stated he stole the Rembrandt portray with the intention of finally utilizing that as “a cut price chip” to have the costs lowered or dismissed towards him.
Artwork thief Myles Connor is pictured at La Scala restaurant in Boston on Feb. 26, 2020. Within the annals of confounding friendships consider the Previous West lawman Wyatt Earps deep friendship with the gun-slinging outlaw Doc Holliday.
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“And I did that. And on high of that, I bought a I bought a $50,000 reward for locating and returning the cost to the museum. So, I not solely had my fees dismissed, however I bought a money reward,” Connor stated.
The portray was returned by his good friend Al Dotoli, who was a one-time supervisor to Frank Sinatra and Dionne Warwick.
Connor stated it will be a disgrace if the stolen gadgets from the Louvre had been ruined due to the historic significance.
A few of the jewels that had been stolen in a brazen heist on the Louvre museum in Paris, Oct. 19, 2025, are seen on show on this undated photograph.
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On Sunday, a number of individuals disguised as development employees broke into the world-famous museum in Paris, cracking open show instances and stealing jewellery that after belonged Emperor Napoleon I and his second spouse, Empress Marie-Louise, in response to officers.
French officers have since launched an investigation into the theft. To this point, no suspects have been recognized publicly.
A diadem, or tiara of Empress Eugénie of France was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Oct. 19, 2025, an official stated. (Musée du Louvre / Stéphane Maréchalle)
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At the least 9 items of bijou of “inestimable heritage and historic worth” — together with crowns, necklaces, earrings and brooches — had been taken within the brazen heist earlier than the thieves made their getaway on bikes, officers stated.
“It is an immense assortment of irreplaceable artifacts. It isn’t simply the worth of the stones, it is the worth curiosity, worth of the esthetics of the historical past and what they symbolize to the nation,” Connor informed ABC Information.
“They are going to be vilified by your entire nation as a result of they’re nationwide treasures,” he stated.
