The jewels stolen from the Louvre were not insured

France will not receive payments for the stolen jewels from the Louvre Museum, as they were not insured. This was reported on October 21 by the Financial Times newspaper, citing a statement from the French Ministry of Culture.

"The state acts as its own insurer when the works of national museums are in their typical storage locations," the Ministry of Culture said in a statement.

Charlie Horrell, head of the fine arts department at Marsh Insurance Company, said it was almost impossible for an institution like the Louvre to insure the entire collection.

According to experts, treasures such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and the Great Sphinx of Tanis are almost impossible to assess or determine their value.

Audacious robbery of the Louvre: what valuables were stolen by intruders

Items from the collection of Emperor Napoleon were also stolen.

Earlier, on October 19, a group of four people used a truck with a sliding ladder to enter through a window into the Apollo Gallery, the gilded hall of the Louvre, where the royal collection and royal jewels are kept. The attackers stole jewelry and then fled.

The museum administration temporarily closed the Louvre to visitors, while the Paris prosecutor's office called two versions of the raid on the Louvre. It was noted that the investigation is working out both the version of a contract robbery and the version related to money laundering.

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised that the jewelry that disappeared as a result of the Louvre robbery will be found. He also called the Louvre robbery an encroachment on the historical heritage of France.

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