The historic crown jewels snatched from the Louvre Museum in a daring, lighting-fast heist Sunday are worth more than a staggering $100 million, a Paris prosecutor has revealed.

Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau told a French radio station Tuesday that about 100 investigators are hunting for the four slick crooks who broke into the world-famous Paris museum and made off with a trove of irreplaceable treasures worth about $102.1 million, or 88 million euros, before fleeing within 7 minutes.

“This sum is indeed extremely spectacular, but we must remember that this damage is economic and that it is in no way comparable to the historical damage caused by this theft,” the magistrate told RTL radio. 4

The stolen items include a diamond and sapphire tiara that once belonged to

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