$1million of Chopard diamonds stolen in Cannes Jewellery intended to be loaned out to celebrities for red carpet appearances at the Cannes Film Festival has been stolen from an employee's hotel room. $1 million worth (approx £656,167) of diamonds were thought to have been stolen during the night of Thursday, May 16. The gems were taken from a Chopard employee's room in the Novotel Hotel on the city's boulevard Carnot. According to a source, a safe was ripped off the wall and taken by the robbers. 2013 marks the 15th consecutive year that the privately held Swiss-based jewellery house is the official partner to the annual film festival. The house loans out its dazzling jewels to dozens of celebrity guests in attendance. On the opening night of the festival alone its creations were sported by Julianne Moore, Cara Delevingne, Lana Del Rey, Freida Pinto and Cindy Crawford. A diamond Chopard ring worn by British model Cara Delevingne at the opening ceremony of Cannes. In 2009, the Cartier boutique in Cannes was robbed of over $21 million worth of jewels in a heist led by robbers wearing Hawaiian shirts. When contacted this afternoon, a Chopard spokesperson had no comment to make.