skip to contentAdvertisementThough police arrested four people and charged for the crime, the Louvre museum director admitted that CCTV security was inadequate. However, the fedora man’s mystery remained until now.By: Express Web Desk November 10, 2025 05:33 AM IST First published on: Nov 10, 2025 at 05:32 AM IST ShareWhatsapptwitterFacebookPedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, right, walks past as police officers block an entrance to the Louvre after thieves carried out a daylight raid on French crown jewels, in Paris. (AP Photo/ File)It’s been three weeks since the Louvre museum heist took place in Paris and investigators are still deciphering who was behind the theft of French crown jewels, however, one of the mysteries related to the incident, the mystery “fedora man” captured in the photos, has been resolved.The youth in a hat was photographed outside the museum on the day when the heist took place and the picture went viral on social media, with several theories about the “fedora man” dressed in detective getup, including being a detective, insider, and AI fake started to make rounds. Though police arrested four people and charged for the crime, the Louvre museum director admitted that CCTV security was inadequate. However, the fedora man’s mystery remained until now.Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux poses with an Associated Press photo of him outside the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist in Rambouillet, south of Paris. (AP Photo)The photo that went viral on social media turned out to be of 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, a local teenage fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, who co-incidentally happened to be at the real crime scene where the jewel heist took place in Paris, BBC reported.Delvaux lives with his parents and grandfather in Rambouillet, 30 kilometers from Paris and told Associated Press that he wanted to play along with the world’s suspense as theories mounted on social media about his identity. The photo of him in a hat and a detective getup drew millions of views, and his first instinct was not to rush online and reveal his identity.Most Read1Pakistan’s 27th Amendment Bill: 7 things to know about the proposed constitutional changes2Philippines evacuates 100,000 residents as Super Typhoon Fung-wong threatens torrential rains, destructive winds3BBC’s director general, head of news resign following criticism over Trump speech edit4‘Talks are over’: Pakistan, Afghanistan blame each other as Istanbul peace talks collapse after two days5US govt launches 175 probes into ‘potential abuses’ in H-1B visa programme6Talks to end US shutdown look promising, Senate majority leader says“I didn’t want to say immediately it was me. With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last,” Delvaux told AP. During the interview with AP, he wore almost the similar attire which he was wearing on that Sunday when the heist took place at Louvre museum: a fedora hat, Yves Saint Laurent waistcoat borrowed from his father, jacket chosen by his mother, neat tie, Tommy Hilfiger trousers and a restored, war-battered Russian watch.“People said, ‘You’ve become a star’. I was astonished that just with one photo you can become viral in a few days,” Delvaux said.(with inputs from AP)AdvertisementAdvertisementLoading Taboola...