The Louvre Museum in Paris has been closed following a robbery, France's culture minister says. Rachida Dati wrote on X that the robbery happened on Sunday morning and that there were no reports of injuries. An investigation has been launched.

The Louvre Museum is closed following a 7-minute jewelry heist. On Sunday, Oct. 19, thieves broke into the famous museum in Paris, France, escaping with jewelry worth millions that had been on display, a Louvre spokesperson confirmed in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.

“It’s clear that we’re dealing with Arsene Lupin,” said Ariel Weil, the Socialist mayor of central Paris, referring to the fictional creation of Maurice LeBlanc, whose exploits inspired a recent Netflix series. “Up until now, it’s been a film script.”

The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris was shut on Sunday after several pieces of invaluable jewelry were stolen in a brazen robbery.

PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — France’s latest political crisis eased — for now — when Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two consecutive no-confidence votes on Thursday, averting another government collapse and giving President Emmanuel Macron a respite before an even tougher fight over the national budget.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday denounced the spectacular theft of jewellery from the Louvre Museum in Paris as an attack on France's cultural history. "The theft from the Louvre is an attack on a cultural asset that we value because it is part of our history,

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for the verdict in his appeal trial in the so-called Bygmalion case, at the courthouse, in Paris, on February 14, 2024. — File photo by Agence