AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File

AP Photo

AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, file

AP Photo/Alexander Turnbull

AP Photo/Alexander Turnbull

AP Photo/Thibault Camus

AP Photo/Thibault Camus

AP Photo/Thibault Camus ( 1 /9)

It sounds like the plot of a heist movie: brazen thieves break into the Louvre in broad daylight and speed off with irreplaceable jewels once belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Josephine.

More stories

Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum

Thieves hit the Louvre again. Here’s a look at other famous heists in museums worldwide

Paris residents fight overtourism and ‘Disneyfication’ of beloved Montmartre neighborhood

Erin Thompson, professor of art crime at the City University of New York, said while it makes for an attention-gr

See Full Page