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

NBC Boston spoke to an art theft expert who is also the director of security and chief investigator at the Gardner Museum about the logistics of this heist at the Louvre and what the thieves might be planning to do with the crown jewels. The plot was carried out just 30 minutes after the Louvre opened on Sunday morning.

The Lourvre museum was hit by a brazen daytime jewel heist, forcing the Paris institution to close its doors for a second day in a row.

Thieves have stolen priceless jewels from the Louvre using a basket lift, according to France's interior minister