France’s Louvre Museum was brazenly looted in broad daylight on October 19, with thieves escaping with eight crown jewels worth billions. On Tuesday, a Paris prosecutor estimated the stolen jewellery to be worth €88 million ($102 million), according to the Associated Press. Authorities continue the hunt for the thieves, who fled on two high-powered scooters and vanished within seconds.

Elaine Sciolino, author of Adventures in the Louvre, called the theft “a dagger into the heart of France and French history.”

Stolen Louvre jewels worth $102 million

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told French radio station RTL that an estimated valuation of the stolen items was revealed by the museum’s curator. “This sum is indeed spectacular, but we must remember that this damage is economic. But it h

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