STOLEN LIMELIGHT

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

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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 400kg with an engine that is “as quiet as a whisper”, the post said.