Greenpeace returns stolen wax statue Macron — after one more protest

By Seb Starcevic | 06/05/2025 06:10 AM EDT

Activists left it at the Paris headquarters of energy giant EDF to protest France’s imports of Russian energy.

Greenpeace environmental activists set up a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest outside the Russian Embassy in Paris.

Greenpeace environmental activists set up a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest against France's gas and fertilizer imports from Russia, outside the Russian Embassy in Paris on Monday. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images

The stolen wax statue of Emmanuel Macron was recovered by police — after reappearing in the wild at one last protest.

Filched from Paris’ famed Grévin Museum by Greenpeace activists Monday, the French president’s likeness was initially displayed in front of the Russian embassy to protest France’s economic and business ties with Moscow before it was carried off to an unknown location.

Now it is in police custody after Greenpeace left it at the headquarters of French energy giant EDF on Tuesday night to protest France’s imports of Russian energy.

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Jean-François Julliard, director-general of Greenpeace France, told POLITICO the group dropped it off at EDF headquarters and then notified the authorities and the museum to come pick it up. Julliard said two Greenpeace employees were in police custody Wednesday.

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