PARIS (AP) — Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of crown jewels in a weekend heist at the world's most visited museum, the Louvre, shocking the world.

French officials have described how the intruders rode a basket lift up the Louvre’s facade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled on Sunday morning. The director of the Louvre Museum in Paris acknowledged a ″terrible failure.″

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The culprits, who were still at large on Wednesday, spent less than four minutes inside the museum.

Here’s what's known about the timeline:

Thieves use a false pretext to steal a basket lift. Paris prosecutor Laurence Beccuau said they set an appointment with a company that owned the truck before leaving with it, using threats

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