French police arrest nine people over suspected €10m Louvre ticket fraud

Prosecutors' office says two museum workers, several tour guides and suspected mastermind among those detained

French police investigating a suspected 10m (8.7m) ticket fraud scheme at the Louvre museum in Paris have detained nine people, including two members of staff.

Based on the information available to the museum, we suspect the existence of a network organising large-scale fraud," a museum spokesperson told Agence France-Presse.