Could the French TV series Lupin have been prophetic? The show envisioned a heist at the Louvre, an event that became reality on the morning of October 19, when a group of professional thieves managed to break into the world-famous Paris museum . In just seven minutes, they stole a host of priceless French crown jewels.

The heist took place at around 9:30 am local time, shortly after the museum opened to the public. Using a truck-mounted ladder, the thieves entered the Galerie d’Apollon—located in the Louvre's Petite Galerie wing—through a second-floor window that they forced open with an angle grinder.

Upon entry, the robbers smashed open at least two display cases, took the precious artifacts, and then fled a few minutes later on two Yahama scooters, disappearing into traffic and

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