(Reuters) -Here are details of major thefts from museums prior to Sunday’s daylight break-in at the Louvre in Paris in which thieves stole priceless jewellery:

August 2023, LONDON – The British Museum said around 2,000 artefacts including gold jewellery and gems had been stolen over a long period in what the museum described as an “inside job”.

August 2020, near UTRECHT – During a COVID pandemic shutdown, thieves broke in via a back door to steal “Two Laughing Boys” by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals from the Hofje van Mevrouw Van Aerden museum near the Dutch city. The 1626 work, valued by one expert at 15 million euros ($18 million), had been stolen twice before.

March 2020, AMSTERDAM – Earlier in the COVID shutdown, Van Gogh’s “Spring Garden” painting was stolen overnight from the

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