Jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris in a daring daylight robbery has been valued at 88 million euros or $102 million, a French public prosecutor said on Tuesday.
"The Louvre curator estimated the damages to be 88 million euros," or $102 million, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau was quoted by AFP as saying on Tuesday.
“This sum is indeed extremely spectacular,” the prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, said in an interview with RTL radio, “but it is in no way comparable to the historical damage caused by this theft.”
Louvre jewellery looted!
Thieves made off with royal jewels during a daylight robbery on Sunday that took less than eight minutes. The loot happened shortly after the world's most-visited museum opened on Sunday morning.
The theft reignited a row over the lack of security in Fr