The German company that made the furniture hoist used in the Louvre heist has been taking advantage of the scandal to promote the device, posting tongue-in-cheek adverts about the quality of its equipment.

Boecker, a lifting equipment maker based near Dortmund, posted a picture of the mounted truck outside the Paris museum on social media with the caption: “When you need to get going again quickly.”

The device, called the Agilo, can transport up to 400 kilograms with an engine that is “as quiet as a whisper”, the post said.

Alexander Boecke, managing director of the company, told AFP the machine was sold “a few years ago to a French customer who rents this type of equipment in Paris and the surrounding area”.

Similar pieces of equipment are a common sight around Paris, where elevators

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