A 100-metre high crane lowered the copper statues representing the twelve apostles and four evangelists on to a truck.
The operation gave the public a ground-level look at the statues for the first time.
The figures' regular posts look over the French capital from Notre Dame's 96-metre high peak.
The three-metre tall statues are being sent to south-western France.
Décrochées grâce à une grue de 120 mètres de haut, ces statues de Notre-Dame de Paris vont être restaurées pic.twitter.com/lmzjF8bCVJ
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) April 11, 2019
It is part of a renovation project on the cathedral spire and its 250 tons (226 tonnes) of lead.
The project will cost six million euro (£5 million).
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