The losses caused by the daylight robbery of several pieces of Napoleonic jewellery from the Louvre Sunday have been estimated at some88 million euros,Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said Tuesday.
A French prosecutor on Tuesday said that the financial damage fromthe audacious Louvre heistwas estimated at 88 million euros ($102 million) after thieves made off with priceless royal jewels.
Some 60 investigators are hunting for the group that committed the daring daylight robbery.
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told broadcaster RTL the museum's curator had estimated the losses at that amount but the thieves would not earn the equivalent if they had "the very bad idea of melting down these jewels".
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(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
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