New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Paris prosecutors office on Thursday said that nine people were being detained as part of an investigation into a suspected decade-long, 10 million euro ($11.8 million) ticket fraud scheme at the Louvre, the world's most visited museum.

The arrests took place on Tuesday as part of a judicial investigation opened after the Louvre filed a complaint in December 2024, the prosecutors' office said.

The loss for the museum over the past decade is estimated to exceed 10 million euros ($11.8 million), it said.

Those detained include two Louvre employees, several tour guides and one person suspected of being the mastermind, according to the prosecutors' office.

The museum alerted investigators about the frequent prese...