Here are five things to know about the eight priceless pieces of jewellery stolen in an audacious heist from the Louvre ...

It has been dubbed the “heist of the century” – the theft in broad daylight of Napoleonic-era artefacts from the renowned Louvre Museum in Paris.

From the Mona Lisa to the jewels of Napoleon, the Louvre has experienced over a century of high-profile heists.

The masked gang, who remain at large, made off with nine items, including a crown, a tiara, necklaces and earrings.

Eight "objects of inestimable heritage value" were stolen, per France's Ministry of Culture, and one item, an ornate gold ...

Other stolen valuables were an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise and a diadem and ...

More than 25 years before Sunday's heist at the iconic museum, a thief took a 19th-century painting in broad daylight.

How thieves pulled off the extraordinary theft of priceless jewels from the world-famous museum in broad daylight.

Paris’s Louvre Museum has always been a cultural touchstone, but a seven-minute raid on the centuries-old art institution ...

Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but ...

Missing are at least nine priceless and historically valuable pieces of jewelry, including one necklace that Napoleon gifted to his wife.

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful ...