Louvre, Paris and Crown Jewels
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A new social media advertisement by IKEA poked fun at the recent Louvre heist in which thieves stole jewels valued at more than $100 million. Newsweek has reached out to IKEA for comment via email.
It was shortly after the stunning heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame a
The move comes after eight priceless items, valued at around $102 million, were stolen from the museum on October 19.
In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, thieves smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels, officials said.
The Louvre reopened earlier in the day to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid for the first time since one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.
Dutch art detective Arthur Brand told the BBC he feared the jewels may already be "long gone", having been broken up into hundreds of parts. It is highly likely the pieces will be sold for a fraction of their worth and smuggled out of France, other experts have said.
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After Louvre, thieves hit Florida mall in a major heist. Officials says the burglary was like a scene out of a movie.