Shocking video shows thieves calmly escaping with $102 million in crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre Museum. Eight historic pieces, including Napoleonic treasures, stolen in audacious heist. Authorities launch major investigation.

The German-made lift used in the escape has become a social media sensation. Authorities continue probing, with organized crime and insider involvement under investigation.

"All of a sudden we heard an huge noise," she told radio station France Inter, in the first account given by an attendant at the scene. The unnamed attendant and two colleagues initially thought the noise to be an angry visitor,

Three masked thieves carried out the robbery in the Apollon Gallery on the museum's second floor, which overlooks the River Seine and is currently under construction.

At least two traces of DNA have been found in the investigation into the shocking heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, authorities confirmed Thursday. The DNA samples were taken from a glove and a helmet left behind by the robbers, investigators told ABC News. They have not yet been matched to any suspects.

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.