French prosecutors are hopeful about catching the thieves behind last weekend's spectacular break-in at the Louvre museum in Paris, after investigators recovered more than 150 DNA samples, fingerprints and other clues at the scene of the heist.

The Louvre in Paris reopened on Wednesday, three days after thieves made off with historic jewellery worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million) in a spectacular heist that has raised urgent questions over security lapses at the museum.

As French police, government officials and top executives at the Louvre Museum continue to scratch their heads over how thieves managed to brazenly steal priceless jewelry in broad daylight, a German company is seizing the moment and grabbing its 15 minutes of fame.

Robert Boyce, the retired chief of detectives for the New York Police Department, said the genetic evidence obtained in the Louvre case can also be run through the DNA database of Interpol, the world's largest international police organization headquartered in Lyon, France.

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

A prosecutor in France has said the financial loss from a robbery at the Louvre museum is estimated at €88 million.

Pritzker-prize winning architect Jean Nouvel has radically transformed the interior of a stately 19th-century building.

Officials say suspects used a truck-mounted basket lift and power tools to carry out the brazen Sunday morning theft at the world’s most-visited museum.