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Louvre in Paris reopens days after daring ₹8,94,56,55,000 jewellery heist
The jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris was valued at more than $100 million, a French prosecutor said on Tuesday.
The Louvre museum in Paris reopened on Wednesday, three days after thieves fled after lifting historic royal jeweler worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million or ₹8,94,56,55,000).
Live images shared by news portals showed visitors walking through the Louvre museum's entry gates for the first time since the brash heist, which hit headlines worldwide.
The jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris was valued at more than $100 million, a French prosecutor said on Tuesday as the director of the iconic museum faced security questions from a Senate committee over the daring weekend heist.
"The Louvre curator estimated the damages to be 88 million euros," AFP news agency quoted Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau as saying on Tuesday about the heist that was carried out in seven minutes by the robbers.
Beccuau said that four people were involved in Sunday's robbery and said authorities were analysing fingerprints found at the scene.
How Louvre heist happened
Sunday's heist took place shortly after the museum reopened. The thieves reportedly parked a truck with an extendable ladder, like those frequently used by movers in Paris, below the museum's Apollo Gallery.
The thieves climbed the stairs and got through a window and opened display cases to steal the jewellery using cutting equipment.
They fled with eight priceless pieces, including an emerald-and-diamond necklace that Napoleon I gave his wife Empress Marie-Louise and a diadem that once belonged to the Empress Eugenie, which carries nearly 2,000 diamonds.
The Louvre museum heist comes a month after criminals broke into Paris's Natural History Museum, swiping off gold nuggets worth more than $1.5 million.
