PARIS (AP) — The director of the Louvre Museum on Wednesday acknowledged a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris monument after a stunning daylight crown jewel heist at the world’s most-visited museum, and said she offered to resign but it was refused.

The precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum on Sunday include an emerald necklace gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other priceless crown jewels.

Seven minutes is all it took for thieves to rob the world’s most famous museum Sunday. Here's a minute-by-minute breakdown of how it went down.

Ever since a daring jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris on Oct. 19, the internet has turned into a global detective agency — with people everywhere trying to crack the case. Now, a photo of a man at

The Louvre Museum heist was a classic case of German efficiency. That at least is how a German freight lift manufacturer jokingly portrayed it in an ad.

Elaine Sciolino, former Paris bureau chief for the ‘The New York Times,’ discusses the painful irony at the heart of Sunday’s grand theft.

"If you're in a hurry," read the caption on the post next to a photo of the company's lift propped outside the Louvre.

The Louvre museum was hit by a brazen daytime jewel heist, forcing the Paris institution to close its doors for a second day in a row.