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€600,000 Gold Heist Rocks Paris Natural History Museum

9/17/2025

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Thieves stole gold specimens worth €600,000 ($700,000) from the National Natural History Museum in Paris.
The museum, famous for its dinosaur skeletons and mineral collections, is located in the 5th arrondissement.
Intruders used an angle grinder and blowtorch to break in.
The stolen items included native gold, a natural alloy of gold and silver.
Investigations continue, with no suspects arrested so far.

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Story summary

Thieves stole gold specimens worth €600,000 ($700,000) from the National Natural History Museum in Paris.
The museum, famous for its dinosaur skeletons and mineral collections, is located in the 5th arrondissement.
Intruders used an angle grinder and blowtorch to break in.
The stolen items included native gold, a natural alloy of gold and silver.
Investigations continue, with no suspects arrested so far.