The Mona Lisa 2023 Stolen: The Tiktok Video Goes Viral

Posted by Florance Siggers on Sunday, May 5, 2024

The Mona Lisa 2023 Stolen video that has gone viral is nothing more than a hoax. 

A viral TikTok suggesting that the Mona Lisa was stolen in 2023 has sent the internet into a panic – here’s why we don’t believe it.

It only takes one video or photo to go viral on social media nowadays, but the downside is that false information can just as easily benefit.

The latest post fueling a frenzy is a 10-second clip claiming the world-famous Mona Lisa has been stolen. It’s only day nine of 2023, which isn’t a good start. Thankfully, there has been no public confirmation from the Louvre so we can only assume it is a fake claim.

The Tiktok Video claimed that Mona Lisa is being Stolen

A video posted on Sunday, January 8 films a queue of police and ambulance vehicles sounding their sirens near the famous Arc De Triomphe roundabout in Paris.

“POV: You’re in Paris when the Mona Lisa has been stolen,” it reads.

In just 24 hours, the clip has garnered over 2.4 million views.

Users have fled to the comment section to express their disbelief and beg for real answers, but the creator has yet to reply to the over 7000 messages.

“WHAT MONA LISA GOT STOLEN!!!? AIN’T NO WAY,” one exclaimed.

A second similarly chimed in: “SINCE WHEN WAS THE MONA LISA STOLEN?!?!?!?”

Don’t think about searching for answers on Twitter either – they’re just as confused.

As the world’s most expensive artwork at a reported $860 million, it’s likely the entire globe would be notified if the Mona Lisa was actually removed from its bulletproof glass case. Similarly, the most recent vandalism of the painting via a cake throw in 2022 became headline news immediately.

So was the Mona Lisa stolen? Probably not because the Louvre has not announced the loss of its crown jewel yet. We can only assume that the TikTok video is misleading for now.

The artwork has been vandalized four times and stolen once, the latter of which propelled the piece to worldwide recognition.

Italian artist and Louvre worker Vicenzo Peruggia committed the theft in 1911 by hiding in the museum until closing time. He took the art, which was considered a minor piece at the time, and left Paris via train.

He stashed the Mona Lisa for over two years before attempting to sell it to a Florence art dealer, hoping to return Leonardo Da Vinci’s work back to its native country. The deal failed when the buyer notified the Uffizi Gallery, who obtained the piece and reported him to the police. The Mona Lisa was returned to the Louvre in 1913.

Peruggia was sentenced to seven months in jail, reports CNN. He passed away in 1925 at age 44.

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