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IN PICTURES: Activists steal Macron wax figure from Paris museum

The incident took place on Monday morning at the wax museum, Musée Grévin, in Paris's 9th arrondissement, a source told French news website Franceinfo . The statue, which was initially controversial , is worth €40,000, Franceinfo reported. The wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron at the Musée Grevin in Paris. Photo taken on June 2, 2022. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) A police source told AFP that two women and a man entered the museum posing as tourists, they are believed to have got away with the statue by using an emergency exit and hiding it under a blanket. Greenpeace environmental activists set up a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron outside the Russian Embassy in Paris on June 2, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) The activists then took the statue to the Russian Embassy in Paris, where they set it up, alongside a Russian flag and mock warning road signs, for a protest against France's gas and fertiliser imports from Russia. Greenpeace environmental activists protest against French imports from Russia on June 2, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) According to French media RTL , the protest only took place for a few minutes before it ended, without police intervention. Advertisement La statue en cire d'Emmanuel Macron a été dérobée au musée Grévin lundi 2 juin dans la matinée par des militants de Greenpeace qui l'ont ensuite déposée devant l'ambassade de Russie en signe de protestation. [image or embed] — Le Figaro ( @ ) June 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM