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Mastermind behind Louvre heist 'thought we could have taken more', alleged thieves reveal

Two men accused of pulling off one of the most audacious art thefts in modern history have told investigators they only learned of the plan days before they carried it out - and that one of them had no idea he was about to rob the world's most visited museum.

According to Le Monde, which reviewed records of interrogation hearings held in June, suspects Abdoulaye N. and Ghelamallah A. gave their most detailed account yet of the operation that stripped the Louvre's Galerie d'Apollon of eight pieces of French crown jewellery on 19 October 2025.

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