Hundreds of works were damaged at the Louvre in Paris due to a burst pipe that was triggered by flooding, the museum’s deputy general administrator said.

The flooding last week damaged at least 300 to 400 works inside one of the Egyptian antiquities libraries inside the museum, Francis Steinbock, the deputy general administrator, told French broadcast station BFM TV.

The flooding led to a burst pipe, and impacted one of the three rooms of the library in the Egyptian antiquities department, he said.

A complete count of impacted works is currently underway, he said.

Steinbock described some of the works as books — some several hundred years old and dating back to the late 19th century. He said some of the books were wet and work is underway to dry them, including dehumidifying them page

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