Mystery man in dapper suit goes viral after appearing in Louvre heist investigation photo

Now that s arresting style A man who stepped into a photo taken outside the Louvre in Paris amid the inquiry into the latest brazen crown jewels heist at the famous museum has gone viral The mystery man who was dressed in a three-piece suit with a dark-colored jacket and a gold vest topped with a fedora and an umbrella used as a walking stick had social media buzzing comparing him to Inspector Clouseau from the Pink Panther and Agatha Christie s Hercule Poirot A large number of seemed to believe that the dashing man was the chief inspector on the incident while various even speculated his dapper appearance hinted at an elegant criminal who was involved in the heist somehow HOW LOUVRE BURGLARS OBTAINED TRUCK-MOUNTED FURNITURE LIFT TO MAKE OFF WITH JEWELS WORTH MORE THAN MOne X user wrote of the photo Actual shot not AI of a French detective working the development of the French Crown Jewels that were stolen from the Louvre and another claimed the man who looks like he came out of a detective film noir from the s is an actual French police detective who s probing the theft A third wrote The detective working the Louvre Jewel heist is the guy in the fedora Do the French do everything better But the Associated Press photographer who snapped the curious shot last Sunday claimed that he had no reason to believe the man had anything to do with the Louvre scrutiny but rather he was just someone who stepped into the frame The photographer Thibault Camus communicated his outlet he concluded the man added a bit of Parisian je ne sais quoi I don't know what to his photos He appeared in front of me I saw him I took the photo Camus says He passed by and left Parisian officials also decided to add a little French intrigue to the mystery when requested by AP if they could identify the man We d rather keep the mystery alive the Paris prosecutor s office answered Last Sunday morning four masked criminals stole several priceless pieces from the Louvre's crown jewels collection after latest into a gallery soon after the museum opened CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPThe thieves fled on scooters and have yet to be caught The Associated Press contributed to this overview