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Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing jewelry of "inestimable heritage and historical value" in brazen heist

"An investigation has begun, and a detailed list of the stolen items is being compiled," the statement said.

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A broad daylight robbery at Paris’s iconic Louvre Museum on Sunday has sparked outrage and renewed concern over security in France’s museums.

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Chinese woman charged over gold theft at Paris Natural History Museum

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of several recent high-profile break-ins targeting French cultural institutions, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

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Woman charged after 1.5m euros of gold stolen from Paris museum

A Chinese-born woman has been charged for the theft of six gold nuggets worth about 1.5 million euros ($1.75m; £1.3m) from the Museum of Natural History in Paris last month, French prosecutors have said. The woman was arrested in Barcelona trying to dispose of some melted gold, according to officials, and is being held in pre-trial detention.

Chinese woman held over US$1 million gold theft from Paris Natural History Museum

The arrest follows a coordinated break-in on September 16 and occurred just weeks before a daring jewellery heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris.