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Wax figure of Macron returned to museum as prosecutors probe Greenpeace theft

The protest aimed to expose France’s continued reliance on Russian imports despite its vocal Ukraine backing.

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Greenpeace activists install a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron borrowed from the Grevin Museum without permission, to denounce what they call France's continued commercials ties with Russia despite the war in Ukraine, in front of the Russian Embassy in Paris, France, June 2, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Greenpeace activists made away with a wax figure of French President Emmanuel Macron, which had been hidden under a blanket
Greenpeace activists hold a banner which reads "Ukraine burns, business goes on" next to a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron borrowed from the Grevin Museum without permission, to denounce what they call France's continued commercials ties with Russia despite the war in Ukraine, in front of the Russian Embassy in Paris, France, June 2, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Overview

  • Activists posed as tourists to enter the Grévin Museum on June 2, changed into staff-like clothes, and carried out the €40,000 wax figure through an emergency exit
  • They placed the statue outside the Russian embassy in Paris’s 16th arrondissement to denounce Paris’s ongoing imports of Russian gas, fertilisers and uranium
  • Jean-François Julliard of Greenpeace France accused Macron of a “double discourse” by supporting Ukraine publicly while urging French firms to keep trading with Russia
  • The wax figure has been returned to the Grevin Museum at an unspecified date following Greenpeace’s promise to hand it back
  • The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into the theft, classifying it as “theft to the detriment of the museum”