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).

Robert Boyce, the retired chief of detectives for the New York Police Department, said the genetic evidence obtained in the Louvre case can also be run through the DNA database of Interpol, the world's largest international police organization headquartered in Lyon, France.

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,

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

The thieves who robbed Paris' Louvre museum on Sunday made off with eight priceless objects, with a ninth that they tried to steal recovered at the scene, Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.

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.