Eight extremely valuable items were stolen on Sunday morning from the Apollo Gallery in the world's largest museum. Most of them belonged to Marie-Amélie of Bourbon-Siciles, Hortense de Beauharnais and Eugénie de Montijo.

A dramatic heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris has left the museum surrounded by police and closed to visitors for at least the day. Early on Sunday morning (October 19) a group…

Thieves have pulled off a daring heist at the Louvre, using a basket lift to reach the museum on Sunday morning.

The world-famous museum in Paris was closed on Sunday after a masked gang raided one of its galleries.

A group of thieves broke into the Louvre Museum on Sunday morning and stole seven priceless jewels from the Apollo Gallery before fleeing on motorcycles.

L'elenco ufficiale: uno è stato ritrovato, danneggiato: il diadema dell'imperatrice Eugenia (ANSA)

Il ministero della Cultura ha diffuso in serata l'elenco ufficiale degli "otto oggetti di valore patrimoniale inestimabile" rubati questa mattina al Louvre. (ANSA)

Il ministero della Cultura ha diffuso in serata l'elenco ufficiale degli "otto oggetti di valore patrimoniale inestimabile" rubati questa mattina al Louvre. (ANSA)

Thieves used an extendable ladder and motorbikes to steal eight precious items from Apollo's Gallery at Paris museum.

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes Hugh Schofield.

Diademi, collane, orecchini e spille: il prezioso bottino della banda del museo. Ritrovata la corona dell'imperatrice Eugenia

The French culture ministry said eight pieces were stolen – but not the hugely valuable crown of Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugenie

Eight 19th-century jewels were stolen from the world famous museum on the morning of Sunday, October 19, by a criminal gang.

PARIS: The hunt was on Monday for the band of thieves who stole eight priceless royal pieces of jewelry from the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris in broad daylight.Officials…

The jewellery heist at the Louvre on Sunday is only the latest in a series of thefts

Eight extremely valuable items were stolen on Sunday morning from the Apollo Gallery in the world's largest museum. Most of them belonged to Marie-Amélie of Bourbon-Siciles,…

A group of thieves stole jewelry from Paris' Louvre museum. Here's which items they took, according to officials.

France ordered a security review at the Louvre and checks at other cultural sites while a hunt was underway for thieves who lifted priceless crown jewels in an audacious daylight…

Lots of emeralds, sapphires and diamonds, some belonging to Napoleon's wife.

Follow the Louvre robbery: How thieves pulled off the extraordinary theft of priceless jewels from the world-famous museum in broad daylight.

Experts warn that whilst the criminals may yet be caught, the gemstones they stole may never be recovered.