Professional thieves stole numerous French Crown Jewels from the Louvre Museum in a daring daytime heist Sunday morning in Paris.

Three to four crooks used a construction truck and a ladder to reach a second-floor balcony, then broke through a window into the museum’s Apollo Room and stole jewels that belonged to Napoleon III and his wife, Empress Eugenie, according to French police.

A full accounting of what the intruders took remains ongoing, authorities said. Officials did not even attempt to estimate the value of the stolen diamonds . French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the jewelry “has sentimental value and is priceless.”

Within seven minutes of their entry, the thieves fled the museum and made their getaway on motorbikes, police said. No one was hurt during the stu

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