A water leak damaged several hundred publications stored in the Louvre ‘s Egyptian antiquities library, mere weeks after a brazen daylight heist humiliated officials at the world’s most-visited museum.

The leak, which occurred on Nov. 26, damaged works including revues and documents from the 19th and 20th century, the museum told France 24 on Dec. 7. It was caused by the opening of a valve in a network of water pipes that are due to be replaced next year.

The museum’s deputy administrator Francis Steinbock described the damaged works as “Egyptology journals” and “scientific documentation” used by researchers.

“No heritage artifacts have been affected by this damage,” he said, adding that “at this stage, we have no irreparable and definitive losses in these collections.”

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