AFP reported that the Louvre estimated the damage from the robbery at €88 million.

The Louvre estimated the damage from the robbery at €88 million. This was reported on October 21 by the AFP news agency, citing the Paris prosecutor.

"The Louvre robbery: the damage is estimated by the museum at €88 million," the agency's Telegram channel says.

The Louvre was robbed on October 19th. According to the newspaper Le Parisien, several intruders broke windows in the main Paris museum and stole jewelry. They managed to escape. It was reported that the perpetrators were armed. The Louvre administration has closed the museum to the public. As French Culture Minister Rachida Dati pointed out, the Louvre robbery was committed by professionals. It took the attackers four minutes.

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Items from the collection of Emperor Napoleon were also stolen.

The broken crown of Emperor Napoleon III's wife Eugenie was found near the Louvre after a robbery. According to French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, the robbery "lasted seven minutes."

French police have discovered the items used by the intruders during the Louvre heist. It was clarified that two grinders, a gas burner, a container of gasoline, gloves, a walkie-talkie and a blanket were found at the crime scene. On October 21, investigators from the Anti-Banditry Brigade (BRB), together with employees of the Central Directorate for Combating Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property (OCBC), discovered new physical evidence, namely a motorcycle helmet and a glove.

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