The theft that occurred at the Louvre Museum in Paris over the weekend is "damn close" to most expense museum theft in history, according to one of the most famous art thieves in the world.

Thieves used a basket lift to break into the Louvre on Sunday morning, forced a window, smashed display cases and escaped with jewels of "inestimable value,” France’s interior minister said, as the wo...

The museum said on X it would remain closed for the day for "exceptional reasons".

In the space of just 7 minutes in the casual daylight of Sunday morning, four suspects stole nine pieces of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre.

French officials said a team of 60 investigators are working on the theory that Sunday's raid was planned and executed by an organised crime group.

Thieves carried out the brazen daytime heist on Sunday morning.