Louvre heist: hunt on for thieves after eight ‘priceless’ jewellery pieces stolen

<p>Necklace given by Napoleon to his wife among items taken from Paris museum in highly professional daylight robbery</p><p>French police are hunting four thieves who carried out a highly professional daylight robbery on the Louvre, breaking into one of the museum’s most ornate rooms and escaping with eight pieces of “priceless” historic jewellery, including a necklace given by Napoleon to his wife.</p><p>The world’s most-visited museum was suddenly closed for the day on Sunday after the break-in targeted pieces in two glass cases in its Apollon gallery, where the French crown jewels are held.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/19/louvre-closed-after-robbery-french-culture-minister-says">Continue reading...</a>