A new video has emerged showing what could be the Louvre thieves in action as they carried out Sunday’s daylight robbery at Paris’s world-famous museum. The footage, obtained by French broadcaster BFMTV, purportedly shows what has been called one of the most brazen art thefts in recent memory.

As of Monday, the Louvre Museum in Paris was still closed following the brazen daylight heist that took place on Sunday and resulted in eight missing pieces of Napoleonic jewelry. In a swift robbery,

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

The front pages are calling it the heist of the century. Even as Paris welcomes the world’s collectors, gallerists,

The heist at the Louvre in Paris on Sunday is the latest major robbery of artworks and precious objects from museums. They seized two major artworks — "The Scream" and "Madonna" — in a 50-second operation,

The famed Paris art and history institute was robbed in broad daylight on Sunday with four thieves making off with priceless jewels.

The BBC spoke to Chris Marinello, the CEO of Art Recovery International, who said that if the thieves aren't apprehended in 24 to 48 hours, the stolen jewels will likely not be found.

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

Museum heists, particularly ones involving historic and valuable items, have shocked the world and inspired mystery and suspicion for more than a century.

L ONDON -- As the alarms sounded at the Louvre Museum on Sunday morning, four suspects took off on two motorbikes, winding their way through central Paris, allegedly carrying with them a haul of "priceless" jewelry once worn by queens and made of sapphire, diamonds and emeralds.