It's been revealed that it took robbers just 'seven minutes' to walk away with some of the most priceless jewellery in the Louvre, as more details are emerging about the shocking case.

Days earlier, thieves stole Napoleonic jewellery valued at ₹896 crore ($102 million) in a bold daytime robbery, leaving a damaged glass windowpane at the centre of public curiosity.

Cultural institutions are seen as “soft targets,” experts say, as thieves shift from stealing prized paintings, to artifacts that can be dismantled, stripped or melted down for their expensive parts.

Police are continuing to search for the gang of thieves who broke into the Parisian museum using chainsaws and stole priceless jewellery

France will not be reimbursed for the theft of the priceless items stolen from the Louvre in an audacious heist.

As thieves made off with some of France's beloved crown jewels, you might have found yourself wondering just how much the items are actually worth.

Laurence des Cars, the head of the Paris museum, told a Senate hearing that she had offered to resign after the stunning theft of royal jewels.

The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed Sunday after "priceless" jewels were stolen in a brazen daytime burglary.