The makers of the furniture lift used by the Louvre thieves have told Sky News the device is "certainly not intended for burglaries" after publishing a tongue-in-cheek advert making the most of the product's sudden fame.

Bocker manufactures the Agilo furniture lift that was used in Sunday's daring daytime heist.

The day after thieves made off with a haul of France's Crown Jewels worth €88m (£76m), the firm posted a photograph showing the lift inside the police cordon next to the Paris museum with the tagline "when you need to move fast".

Posted on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, it shows the vehicle's ladder propped up against the side of the building, telling prospective buyers the lift can carry "up to 400kg of treasures at 42m per minute - as quiet as a whisper". Instagram T

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