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French authorities have a narrow window to track down several thieves who pulled off a jewelry heist at the Louvre Museum before the robbers potentially break down the crown jewels and sell them on the black market.

Four thieves equipped with power tools and a truck with a mounted lift robbed Paris’ Louvre Museum in broad daylight and in front of tourists on Sunday and escaped with the nation's crown jewels.

The thieves broke into the museum’s Apollo Gallery on Sunday morning and stole the jewels, which are worth an estimated €88 million ($102 million), The Associated Press reports. However, the jewels also carry significant historical value.

Around 9:30 a.m. local time, the thieves pulled up at the museum in a truck equipped with a crane-lift, according to the AP. The rob

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