The best reason to visit the Louvre — while there’s still something left to see.

In the morning of October 19, thieves posing as construction workers used a lift to reach a window of the Gallery of Apollo and, in just seven minutes, cracked open display cases and made off with royal French relics. One piece was later recovered, but it’s unclear whether the remaining jewels will ever be found. People are already calling it the true “heist of the century.”

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