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Thieves completed the heist in seven minutes, stealing nine royal Napoleon-era jewels including a crown with over 2,500 diamonds and emeralds, authorities said.
- At about 9.30 am, eight royal jewels from the Napoleon collection were stolen from the Louvre Museum's Galerie d'Apollon on Sunday, 19 October.
- Arriving in a flat-decked truck, the thieves used an extendable ladder and cut through a window to enter Galerie d'Apollon before escaping on motorbikes.
- Among the pieces stolen was an emerald-and-diamond necklace given to Empress Marie Louise and Empress Eugénie's crown with eight gold eagles, 1,354 brilliant-cut, 1,136 rose-cut diamonds, and 56 emeralds.
- Investigators are analysing CCTV and forensic evidence, while no arrests have been made and police investigators have about one week to recover the stolen objects, art detective Arthur Brand warned.
- The heist exposed the vulnerability of public collections, recalling the Mona Lisa theft in 1911, amid reports security staff earn minimum wage and faced cuts last week.
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Using a crane, saws and getaway bikes, thieves pulled off a daylight heist at the Louvre in Paris, stealing Napoleon-era jewels including Empress Eugénie’s crown; with no leads, an Israeli intelligence firm is aiding the search
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