According to Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, the robbers will not be able to get this much of money "if they opt to melt down" what they have stolen

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…

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