The Louvre just found itself in a real-life heist movie .

Minutes after opening Oct. 19, the famed Parisian museum—the world’s most visited—was broken into, with a group of four thieves walking away with nine pieces of France’s crown jewels.

The heist, according to NBC News , citing officials, was executed with a monte-meuble—a truck with an aerial lift often used to move furniture to the upper levels of a building. The thieves navigated to the balcony outside the Galerie d’Apollon and sliced through the window to gain entry.

They threatened the museum staff with angle-grinders—a tool used for grinding and polishing—then smashed the jewels’ display cases, officials said, taking necklaces, tiaras and brooches, all within seven minutes. Authorities confirmed there were no injuries amo

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