President Emmanuel Macron‘s wax figure has been stolen from a Paris waxwork museum by several people claiming to be Greenpeace environmental activists.
According to a police source, two women and a man entered the Grevin Museum in central Paris posing as tourists, and left the museum through an emergency exit.
Local outlet franceinfo have reported that a man soon after contacted the museum saying he was a member of Greenpeace and that he had stolen the figure.
Activists then set up a demonstration with placards, a Russian flag, mock warning road signs and a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron.
The director general of Greenpeace France, Jean-François Julliard, said: ‘For us, France is playing a double game.
‘Emmanuel Macron embodies this double discourse: he supports Ukraine but encourages French companies to continue trading with Russia‘.
‘Emmanuel Macron is being specifically targeted because he bears particular responsibility in this situation.
He added that Macron ‘should be the one to lead European discussions’ to end trade contracts between European countries and Russia.
The stolen statue of the French leader is estimated to value at nearly £34,000 (€40,000).
Greenpeace have been contacted for comment.
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Alleged Greenpeace environmental activists hold placards, a Russian flag, mock warning road signs and a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron
The stolen statue of the French leader is estimated to value at nearly £34,000 (€40,000)
