In no more than 7 minutes, the world’s grandest museum, the Louvre , was raided in what seemed like “a scenario out of a film or a television series” on Sunday, according to Ariel Weil, the mayor of central Paris. In what has since emerged as the most brazen, and possibly even the most costly, theft the Louvre has faced, the incident took place in broad daylight between 9:30 and 9:40 am local time, shortly after the art museum opened its door to visitors.

It has since been revealed that four thieves wielding power tools made off with 8 “priceless” items of jewellery, including jewels worn by Empress Eugenie, the wife of France’s 19th-century ruler Napoleon III. Here’s everything that the most-visited museum in the world lost on Sunday.

Louvre museum robbery: All items of jewellery stol

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