The hunt is on for the thieves who stole jewels from the Louvre on the weekend, but already the warnings are out that the items may never be seen again.

On Sunday morning, four men drove a truck up to the famed Paris museum, extended a ladder to the second floor and broke in. Officials say the thieves knew what they were doing and what they wanted to steal. In roughly seven minutes, the men made off with irreplaceable items from French royal history.

Here’s what we know so far.

Thieves in balaclavas, on motorbikes steal crown jewels in Louvre heist

What was stolen

It’s especially stinging that the items stolen were French crown jewels — symbols of the French state and the history of the country.

All of them were in the Apollon Gallery of the Louvre, which is on the second floor. The

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