Following the recent heist at the Louvre in Paris, officials have announced stricter security measures, alongside new insights into how the thieves successfully robbed the world’s most visited museum.
Laurence des Cars, the Louvre director, shared the changes and new details with the Committee of Cultural Affairs of the National Assembly on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.
Des Cars revealed that the power tools used by the robbers to cut through the display cases were disc cutters, made to cut through concrete. In 2019, display cases had been replaced to protect against weapon attacks within the museum, but the disc-cutting method