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.

One day after four men staged a heist of the Louvre Museum, French officials were looking Monday to find the thieves and the priceless jewels they swiped.

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

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

Thieves at the Louvre museum stole eight items of "incalcuable" value from a collection of French crown jewels, including items belonging to Empress Eugénie, Queen Hortense and more

Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau says thieves who stole priceless jewelry from the Louvre Museum in a seven-minute heist may have been hired by a collector.

Thieves allegedly staged a heist in Paris at the Louvre Museum, targeting priceless jewelry displays, the interior minister said.