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On Sunday morning, some audacious thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre Museum. The heist took only eight minutes from start to finish.
At 9:30 a.m., the robbers parked a truck with a portable ladder in front of the Parisian museum. They ascended the ladder, cut through a second-floor window, entered the museum, smashed through display cases, and snatched priceless jewels, including a royal emerald necklace. By 9:38 a.m., they descended the ladder and escaped on motorcycles. And, with that, they made off like bandits.
Above, the Wall Street Journal video helps you visualize how the theft unfolded, as does this article in the New York Times.
In the Relateds below, you can learn about the greatest theft in Louvre history—that is, the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa, which helped turn da Vinci’s artwork into the most famous painting in the world.
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This content originally appeared on Open Culture and was authored by OC
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