Hours after thieves launched a brazen heist at the Louvre in Paris, another French museum was ransacked.
Authorities say a group of robbers stole 2,000 silver and gold coins worth more than $100,000 from the Maison des Lumières, the House Of Enlightenment, on the night of Sunday, Oct. 19.
When the facility opened the following morning, a security guard came upon a smashed display case and realized the coins had been stolen, French media outlets reported.
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Local officials said the culprits broke into the Hôtel du Breuil-de-Saint-Germain, which houses the small museum, and forced their way into the building before making off with the historical coins.
