00:00French authorities are scrambling to recover priceless royal jewellery stolen in a daring heist at the Louvre on Sunday.
00:07To be completely honest, this operation lasted almost four minutes. It was very quick.
00:14We have to say that these are professionals.
00:16Organized crime today targets art, and museums, of course, have become targets.
00:21Because France, as you know, is a country of heritage.
00:24It's a country with objects of heritage with great value.
00:27Authorities say four suspects used a vehicle-mounted lift to access a second-floor balcony, then cut the glass with a power tool.
00:35In a matter of minutes, they grabbed eight pieces of 19th-century French royal jewellery from the Gallery of Apollo in broad daylight.
00:42They then fled the scene on two scooters.
00:45Art historians say the stolen pieces are priceless cultural heritage and are essentially unsellable.
00:51These pieces are too well-known, too publicized.
00:55It's like when the Mona Lisa was stolen.
00:58You see, the thief at the time didn't realize the scale of his act.
01:01And in fact, they found the Mona Lisa later under his bed.
01:05It was completely unsellable.
01:07So here, the pieces are unsellable, except that they are made of precious materials.
01:13So gold has increased a lot in value in recent years, having doubled in 10 years.
01:17Diamonds are a fairly safe haven, but we are at 10, 20, 100 times the intrinsic value of the objects, since there is considerable historical value there.
01:29In response, Taiwan's National Palace Museum said it would step up patrols and inspections to prevent similar incidents.
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