People queue outside the Louvre museum in Paris after Sunday's jewels robbery. (AP Photo)

The Louvre has moved some of its most valuable treasures to the Bank of France following last week’s daring daylight heist that exposed major security flaws at the world-famous museum, French radio RTL reported.

According to RTL, the transfer of select pieces from the museum’s Apollo Gallery — which houses France’s crown jewels — took place on Friday under heavy police escort. The Bank of France, located just 500 metres from the Louvre on the Right Bank of the Seine, holds the nation’s gold reserves in a fortified vault 27 metres (88 feet) underground.

Neither the Louvre nor the Bank of France has commented on the report.

The move comes after eight priceless items, valued at around $102 million, w

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