Louvre Museum Faces €10M Ticketing Scam Indictments and Historic Ceiling Flood Damage

Nine individuals were indicted for an organized ticketing scam at the Louvre Museum that caused financial losses exceeding €10M over a decade.The Paris public prosecutor's office launched the investigation after museum management reported suspicious ticket reuse involving Chinese guides and internal accomplices.This legal crisis follows a flood in the Denon Wing that damaged a historic 1819 ceiling painting by Charles Meynier titled "The Triumph of French Painting".