In an interview with ABC News on Monday, French Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the Eugenie crown was one of nine priceless pieces swiped from the museum's Apollo Gallery and was dropped or abandoned by the perpetrators as they made their getaway.

Investigators say the suspects, dressed as construction workers, used a ladder to break into a second-floor window of the museum on Sunday.

One day after the daring, 10-minute Louvre heist in which thieves made off with priceless jewelry, officials have released an update regarding the motive.

Myles Connor walked into the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and walked out with a Rembrandt painting in the 1980s.

Jewelry worth $1.4 billion was stolen in the U.S. last year. Experts warn it finds its way into the mainstream market all the time, so buyer beware.

THIS is the shocking moment a thief breaks open the display case inside the Louvre in an astonishing multi-million pound heist. Cops have launched a widespread manhunt for the “highly

PARIS and LONDON -- Several people disguised as construction workers broke into the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, cracking open display cases and stealing jewelry that once belonged to Emperor Napoleon and his wife, officials said.

The iconic Louvre museum has been forced to close after a gang of power tool wielding thieves launched a brazen daylight heist, making off with priceless jewellery.