PARIS — A brazen robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris Sunday morning has left investigators searching for several men who made off with what officials describe as "priceless" jewels.

A spokesperson for the museum told NPR the suspects entered shortly after the museum opened, breaking in through a window that led to the Apollo Gallery, which houses some of the museum's most valuable treasures. Armed with small chainsaws and box cutters, they smashed display cases before fleeing on Yamaha TMax scooters toward a nearby highway.

Authorities say the exact list of stolen items is still being drawn up, but the pieces are believed to come from the museum's Napoleonic collection.

Culture Minister Rachida Dati told the French TV channel TF1 that one of the stolen jewels was later found near the

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