On this day, 27 years ago, on May 3, 1998 (April 8, 1998 in the lunar calendar), famous paintings from the Louvre were stolen again. Exterior view of the Louvre, France. May 3, 1998 is Sunday. The Louvre Museum in France is open to the public for free as usual. Visitors lined up in a long line at the glass pyramidal entrance early and entered the museum one after another after going through security inspections. At about 2 p.m. in the afternoon, a guard suddenly discovered that a famous painting by the early 19th-century French painter Corot,"The Road to Sevre", a famous painting by the early 19th century French painter, had been stolen. He immediately called the police station. At 3 p.m., all exits to the Louvre were closed, and every visitor had to be searched before leaving. There were a lot of visitors that day, and the inspection work was very slow. It was not until 5:30 p.m. that the inspection work ended, but the stolen oil painting was still not found. The work of the famous French sculptor Rodin According to Louvre officials, what was stolen was a landscape painting 49 centimeters long and 34 centimeters wide. Judging from the on-site observation results, the thief used a cutter to dig a hole in the glass cabinet where the paintings were stored, and then used a knife to cut off the canvas and take it away, leaving only the picture frame. A small piece of canvas stuffed into clothes is difficult to find. The small Arc de Triomphe in front of the Louvre Art of the Louvre was stolen more than this time. In January 1995, someone used the same method to steal a 19th-century oil painting in five minutes. A week later, a 17-kilogram stone carving was stolen. A few days later, the museum made an anonymous phone call and retrieved the stone carvings in a corner of the Louvre courtyard. On January 6, 1997, a Greek stone tablet dating from the 4th century BC was stolen. The most influential theft of famous paintings in the history of the Louvre occurred in 1911. At that time, an Italian painter stole Da Vinci's masterpiece "Mona Lisa" and brought it back to Italy, claiming to return it to its original owner. The world-famous painting was found two years later and sent back to Paris. "Mona Lisa", a treasure of world portrait painting, In view of the repeated theft of Louvre art, the French Ministry of Culture approved a plan to strengthen security in the exhibition hall in the autumn of 1998. Currently, about 1000 people are working in three shifts day and night guarding what is said to be the largest art museum in the world. Due to the fact that there are too many visitors from all over the world, 8000 people a day in normal times and 30,000 people on Sundays when it is open for free, the theft of art is still impossible to prevent, causing headaches for the French government. The world's portrait painting treasure "Mona Lisa" received special treatment after being stolen and recovered. It is embedded in a double bulletproof glass enclosure with guards on both sides. This is the most attractive place in Louvre Palace.