Ooh la la - A robbery at the Louvre

It’s the kind of thing you see in movies, but the world’s most famous art museum in Paris was closed to the public yesterday after a daylight jewellery heist. 

French police are investigating the theft of “priceless jewellery” with “inestimable heritage and historical value” from the museum, which is home to around 35,000 art treasures, including Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Reports say 3 masked men carrying small chainsaws used a basket lift to reach a window, broke in with a disc cutter, and made their way to the Apollo Gallery. It’s the one with zodiac signs painted on the roof, where the remaining French Crown Jewels are kept. The thieves reportedly took 7 minutes to steal 9 items of jewellery before escaping on scooters. 

No injuries were reported, and Parisian prosecutors have opened an investigation into the “organised theft”.  

Merci to the robbers for adding some excitement to what would undoubtedly have been,  another very boring and gloomy French news edition last night.

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