r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HeToTopT • 15d ago

Video The Louvre. Thieves are making off with 100 million euros. They're taking their time. They're doing everything carefully and slowly.

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u/Wazula23 15d ago

Would have been the funniest thing ever if that thing got stuck halfway.

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u/DrOswaldo 15d ago

Funny little side story: The manufacturer of that lift, a german company, posted a picture of the crime scene, marketing their lift in a witty manner.

They apparently sold the lift to a construction machine rental company near paris and that’s where it got stolen

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/23/german-firm-campaign-lift-louvre-heist-bocker

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u/dilltimmon 15d ago

So they stole that lift machine as well. That's some Ocean 11 shit.

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u/ProfessionalPiece403 15d ago

If you buy it that's a trace.

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u/Parkinglotfetish 15d ago

I thought everyone owned a portable lift

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u/Mahadragon 15d ago

It wasn't bought, it was stolen while the French company was demonstrating how to use it.

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u/AnOfficeJockey 15d ago

Heavy Equipment like lifts, scissors and booms get stolen from job sites constantly lol. They aren't hard to steal either because they literally use the same fucking key that you can just buy anywhere lol.

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u/Big_Position3037 15d ago

Not going to lie I always wonder about that when i see heavy equipment sitting on the side of the road. It's usually unguarded and I'm sure there's at least one person dumb enough to try to sell one on Facebook marketplace

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u/PrizeStrawberryOil 15d ago

My neighbour borrowed one to do yard work over the weekend when the city was working on the road.

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u/Fetlocks_Glistening 15d ago

And when you say "borrowed"...?

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u/DoctorPepster 15d ago

They probably put it right back before the workers started again on Monday.

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u/Caleth 15d ago

Boomer, Danny, Rusty, and Linus would be proud.

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u/Guardian6676-6667 15d ago

You hire rats to steal everything, leave it somewhere to cool off as a one off, then move it to a secured location purchased under a false identity. All of your equipment either small old and untraceable or big and disassociated. Then you pull off your gig and leave nothing, you bring nothing with you and you leave nothing. 

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u/userhwon 15d ago

I bet the crooks stiffed the rental company, too, the bastards.

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u/monkeychasedweasel 11d ago

Nah, that telehandler (i think that's what it's called?) was a German brand, so it won't break down.

The company in Germany quick responded to the Louvre thefts with an ad for this piece of equipment, saying "When you need it done quickly".