PARIS - The crown of French Empress Eugenie, which was abandoned by fleeing thieves who staged a brazen robbery at the Louvre last year, is nearly intact and will be fully restored, the museum said on Wednesday. The thieves who robbed the famed Paris museum last October made off with an estimated 88 million euros ($104 million) in jewels, but dropped the empress's diamond- and emerald-studded crown as they escaped, leaving it crushed and broken. Investigators have yet to locate the other jewels, but recovered the dropped crown. The Louvre said in a statement the piece had been "badly deformed", but remained "nearly intact" and would be restored to its original state, "without the need for reconstruction". The Louvre said the crown still had all its pieces, except for one of the eight golden eagles that adorned it.

Source: Bangkok Post February 05, 2026 13:02 UTC