The world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris, France has reopened after a robbery in broad daylight that saw thieves pulling off a heist by stealing eight priceless French crown jewels worth around US$102 million (S$132,500,000).

The Louvre in Paris reopened on Wednesday, three days after thieves made off with historic jewellery worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million) in a spectacular heist that has raised urgent questions over security lapses at the museum.

Ariel Weil, mayor of central Paris, says it's obvious to him that the Louvre museum’s security system did in fact fail during Sunday's crown jewel heist. But that’s contrary to what the French culture minister,

PARIS -- As the alarms sounded at the Louvre Museum on Sunday morning, four suspects took off on two motorbikes, winding their way through central Paris, allegedly carrying with them a haul of "priceless" jewelry once worn by queens and royals.

Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris — the world's most visited museum — early Sunday morning. Museum officials said they stole jewelry and fled.

After the brazen heist of French crown jewels at the Louvre, American tourists visiting Paris react to the robbery.

A German company inadvertently embroiled in the Louvre Museum heist after one of its lifts was used in the theft is making the most of its free publicity - by launching a new advertising campaign. Werne-based firm Böcker this week published a social media post featuring the now famous image of its furniture ladder extending up to a balcony outside the Gallery of Apollo.

Pritzker-prize winning architect Jean Nouvel has radically transformed the interior of a stately 19th-century building.

At least two traces of DNA have been found in the investigation into the shocking heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, authorities confirmed Thursday. The DNA samples were taken from a glove and a helmet left behind by the robbers, investigators told ABC News. They have not yet been matched to any suspects.