In a brazen daylight heist, professional thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris early Sunday morning and made off with jewels that belonged to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

The burglars used a mechanical lift and an angle grinder, power tools commonly used on construction jobs, to access a second-floor balcony and break through a window of the iconic museum into the Apollon Gallery, according to Paris news outlets.

Three masked thieves made off with nine pieces of jewelry, escaping on two motor scooters, sparking panic among tourists as police swarmed the famous institution, according to reports.

The group took only ten minutes, between 9:30 and 9:40, to make off with their loot, according to the New York Post’s review of French outlets.

Among items taken were a necklace, a brooc

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