Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the louvre on sunday morning After the audit, recommendations were made, but at the time of the 2025 robbery were only beginning to be implemented The paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the mona lisa in 1911.
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The heist at the louvre on sunday morning, which saw thieves flee with eight royal jewels, has raised questions about how well france's priceless historical artefacts and cultural heritage are.
Visitors who were queuing outside the glass entrance were turned away in.
The louvre's then director pierre rosenberg warned that the museum's security was fragile [7] another of the louvre's directors, laurence des cars, asked the paris police to conduct a security audit of the museum
