It was a scene straight out of Lupin — or maybe Ocean’s 8. In just four minutes, a team of thieves used a lift to scale the Louvre’s facade, slipped through a window, smashed display cases and vanished with eight priceless pieces from France’s crown jewel collection.

As the Associated Press reported, the robbery took place Sunday morning just steps from the Mona Lisa. The stolen items included sapphire and emerald sets once worn by Napoleon’s wives and Empress Eugénie’s diamond corsage brooch. One piece — Eugénie’s emerald crown — was later found outside the museum, broken. French Culture Minister Rachida Dati called it a “professional four-minute operation.”

No one was injured, but the embarrassment runs deep. The Louvre, already under fire for overcrowding and staff shortages, is now c

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