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Louvre Museum heist: Jewels with 'inestimable' value stolen from Napoleon collection

Several people disguised as construction workers broke into the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris on Sunday, cracking open display cases and stealing jewelry that once belonged to Emperor Napoleon and his wife,

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Jewelry heist at the Louvre is latest problem to beset France’s most famous museum

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Everything we know about the Louvre jewellery heist

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Thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewelry from the Louvre in seven-minute raid

Thieves have stolen “priceless” jewelry from the Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, in an audacious seven-minute raid on Sunday, the French interior minister has said.

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Masked thieves steal 'priceless' jewels from the Louvre Museum

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Thieves Steal Crown Jewels in 4 Minutes From Louvre Museum

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What we know about the Louvre jewellery heist

Culture Minister Rachida Dati told French news outlet TF1 that footage of the theft showed the masked robbers entering "calmly" and smashing display cases containing the jewels.

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Thieves strike Louvre in brazen jewel heist, museum shuts

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Hunt continues for thieves after priceless jewels stolen in heist at Louvre museum in Paris

Thieves pull off daring heist at the the Louvre, stealing jewels once worn by French royalty

The museum was closed Sunday after the robbery, which was carried out by thieves using a ladder mounted on the back of a truck, officials said.

See What Was Taken in the Louvre Heist

Other items in the Louvre that belonged to the Empress are diamond brooches, among them this piece from 1855. It is called a reliquary brooch, although the Louvre says that the diamond-clad item does not contain any spaces to house a holy relic.

How Paris became the home of the heist

A cherry-picker, a hole cut through glass, and a smash-and-grab raid on the French crown jewels ending in a frantic escape by scooter.