Devastation and demand for justice would likely spread through social media like wildfire in the U.S. if the original Star Spangled Banner, or George Washington’s sword or perhaps the Tiffany diamond from the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum were stolen from the American public.

What happened at the Louvre over the weekend was theft against the French people, when on Sunday morning, four robbers broke into the Apollo Gallery, where some of the country’s most prized Napoleonic-era jewels and other royal artifacts are displayed.

Still, it’s difficult not to view the heist as a scene from a movie: cunning criminals stealthily swiping some of the world’s most beautiful items for themselves.

“Inspector Clouseau will no doubt be on the case,” one person joked on social media .

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