/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libThePEG.so is in libthepeg-dev 1.8.0-1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libThePEG.so.15.0.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libThePEG.so.15.0.0