Dramatic video shows the moment thieves at the Louvre broke into plinths protecting priceless jewels during a heist on Sunday.A hooded man wearing a high-visibility jacket is seen meddling with a large display case at the famed art museum in camera-phone footage.

Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris — the world's most visited museum — early Sunday morning. Museum officials said they stole jewelry and fled.

The crew of chainsaw-wielding thieves who brazenly robbed The Louvre of priceless jewels in the highest-profile museum theft in living memory may have been hired by a collector, officials said. Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said authorities are investigating whether the heist was commissioned by a collector.

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.

Video shows one of the suspected Louvre jewel thieves brazenly cutting through a glass case using a mini chainsaw before making off with the loot during Sunday’s heist at the Paris

French authorities have launched a major investigation after thieves stole jewels of 'inestimable value' from the Louvre Museum.

It took seven minutes for thieves to execute a brazen daylight heist at the famed Louvre museum. Here's how they did it

Thieves stole jewelry worth millions from the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, on Sunday, Oct. 19. The popular tourist attraction remained closed in the hours since the incident amid a police investigation,

In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre ’s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless

Daylight burglary of priceless royal jewels triggers review of security measures at country’s cultural institutions