{"id":928,"date":"2026-07-06T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=928"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:37:03","slug":"jewelry-worth-millions-of-dollars-stolen-from-french-museum-in-daring-early-morning-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=928","title":{"rendered":"Jewelry worth millions of dollars stolen from French museum in daring early-morning raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Burglars stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry from the museum of French luxury glassmaker Lalique in a daring early-morning raid on Sunday, just months after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/thieves-broke-into-louvre-museum-paris-stolen-jewelry\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">stunning gem heist<\/a> at the Louvre in Paris.<\/p>\n<p> A gang of masked thieves broke in to the museum in Wingen-sur-Moder in northeastern France around 5:30 am, forcing a door before heading for the jewelry room and smashing open six display cases, a source close to the investigation told AFP.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Around twenty pieces of jewelry were stolen. The loss is currently being assessed but could amount to several million euros, likely close to four million (over $4.5 million),&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n<p> Another source close to the investigation said the stolen jewelry was crystal, without precious gems, and could not be melted down.<\/p>\n<p> The museum said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musee-lalique.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its website<\/a> that it will be closed for several day because of the burglary.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;An alarm went off, but by the time the security company had completed its checks, it was a cleaning lady who arrived first on the scene and called the police,&#8221; the first investigation source added.<\/p>\n<p> The CCTV footage is currently being examined.<\/p>\n<p> The museum, dedicated to the Art Nouveau and Art Deco jeweler and glassmaker Rene Lalique, was opened in 2011 near the company&#8217;s factory.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/06\/dae8864d-8f45-42cc-ba0c-94bfcdd26de6\/thumbnail\/620x395\/9fd61ef745263ae7ffc099b76d4ab649\/gettyimages-1258951472.jpg#\" alt=\"FRANCE-ART-GLASS-EXHIBITION-LALIQUE \" height=\"395\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/06\/dae8864d-8f45-42cc-ba0c-94bfcdd26de6\/thumbnail\/620x395\/9fd61ef745263ae7ffc099b76d4ab649\/gettyimages-1258951472.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/06\/dae8864d-8f45-42cc-ba0c-94bfcdd26de6\/thumbnail\/1240x790\/02bff96582653c21c6958f54be842326\/gettyimages-1258951472.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The making process of a crystal piece is shown at the Lalique museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, eastern France, on June 23, 2011.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                PATRICK HERTZOG\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It houses over 650 &#8220;exceptional works&#8221; including Art Nouveau jewelry, Art Deco glass and contemporary crystal, according to the museum website.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Well informed&#8221; suspects<\/h2>\n<p>The mayor of Wingen-sur-Moder, a town of 1,500 inhabitants about 37 miles northwest of Strasbourg, told local newspaper Les Dernieres nouvelles d&#8217;Alsace (DNA) he was angry about the burglary.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;All the alarms went off, just as they should. And then with the security company, apparently, there was a major failure on their part: they didn&#8217;t intervene right away, they didn&#8217;t inform the gendarmes,&#8221; Christian Dorschner said.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;They were surely well informed to carry out this job in that way; they must be &#8230; specialists,&#8221; the mayor also told DNA.<\/p>\n<p> The Lalique museum was seen as a &#8220;sensitive&#8221; site, receiving special attention in the wake of the dramatic daytime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/louvre-tightens-security-jewel-theft-heist\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">heist at the Louvre museum<\/a> in Paris in October last year, which put security at French museums and galleries under the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p> Thieves made off with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/louvre-theft-heist-paris-france\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">$102 million worth of jewelry<\/a>, including some of the old French crown jewels, from the Louvre in a raid lasting less than eight minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected thieves have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/louvre-france-crown-jewels-heist-arrest\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested and charged<\/a>, but none of the jewels\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/louvre-robbery-stolen-jewels-jeweler-paris-france\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">have been recovered<\/a>\u00a0except for a crown that was dropped as the group escaped.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A security audit found that 35% of the rooms in the Denon Wing, where the stolen jewels were displayed, were not monitored by security cameras, according to Radio France. The gems were also not privately insured, in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/louvre-heist-stolen-jewels-not-insured-french-government-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">accordance with French law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Museums targeted in France<\/h2>\n<p>France&#8217;s museums have suffered a spate of break-ins in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Last October, a woman was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/woman-arrested-gold-theft-paris-natural-history-museum\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested<\/a> and charged over the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gold-stolen-from-paris-natural-history-museum\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">theft of gold<\/a>\u00a0from the Natural History Museum in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>In September, thieves snatched three porcelain works\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/national-treasures-stolen-adrien-dubouche-national-museum-france\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">worth millions of dollars<\/a>\u00a0and classed as national treasures in a heist at the Adrien Dubouche National Museum in Limoges in central France.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In November 2024, four men with axes and baseball bats smashed the display cases in broad daylight at the Cognacq-Jay museum in Paris, making off with several 18th-century works. That heist resulted in an insurance payment of over $4 million to the Royal Collection Trust,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cy40nn3v9p9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnebys.com\/blog\/two-major-museum-robberies-in-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">next day<\/a>, jewelry valued at several million dollars was stolen during an armed robbery at a museum in Saone-et-Loire in central France.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burglars stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry from the museum of French luxury glassmaker Lalique in a daring early-morning raid on Sunday, just months after a stunning gem heist at the Louvre in Paris. 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