The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, was targeted by thieves on Sunday, October 19, when they stole historic jewellery valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) in broad daylight. The heist was described as a “terrible failure" for the museum by Louvre Director Laurence des Cars, who has subsequently offered to resign. The theft has exposed security vulnerabilities and prompted scrutiny of both the museum and the govt’s commitment to protecting art and history. Meanwhile, the Internet has reacted by turning the incident into a series of memes, rapidly meme-ifying the heist. Is a fedora-wearing French detective really on the case of the Louvre heist? Well social media thinks so. An image, distributed by The Associated Press to news media outlets, showed three policemen

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