Editor’s Note
This article reveals a 2018 security audit for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, commissioned by Van Cleef & Arpels, which reportedly outlined measures that could have prevented a later burglary. The findings highlight a significant missed opportunity.
Le Figaro has been able to consult the conclusions of the 2018 security audit of the museum conducted by the jewelry house. A sort of instruction manual for what should have been done to prevent the burglary.
Five pages can fuel much regret today. That is the feeling inspired by reading the audit conducted by the jewelry house, Van Cleef & Arpels, in 2018. Commissioned as part of a skills-based sponsorship by the former director of the Department of Decorative Arts, Jannic Durand, it is included as an appendix to the administrative investigation ordered by the Minister of Culture after the theft from the Galerie d’Apollon. This document, which Le Figaro has seen, can be read, in hindsight, as a sort of instruction manual for what should have been done to avoid the burglary. The experts highlight the weak points of the facade through which the burglars entered on October 19. They note the lack of cameras. They recommend changing the display cases.
Its goal is…