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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Harriette Boucher

Water leak in Louvre damages hundreds of books in latest disaster for crisis-hit museum

Hundreds of antique books have been damaged by a water leak in the Louvre, just weeks after a gang of masked thieves broke into the museum in Paris and stole priceless jewellery.

An estimated 400 books were damaged in the Egyptian antiquities department following the leak last month, underscoring fears over the museum’s dilapidated infrastructure.

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