The Louvre remained closed Monday after historic jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist. Thieves used a basket lift to access the museum, smashed display cases, and fled with Napoleonic jewels.

The Louvre Museum in Paris remains closed after a brazen daylight heist that took place on Sunday resulted in eight missing pieces of Napoleonic jewelry. Prosecutors in Paris said on Tuesday that the stolen jewels were worth an estimated $102 million ($88 million euros).

The president of the Louvre admitted on Wednesday that the external video surveillance system of the establishment is "very insufficient", three days after the spectacular theft of eight jewels, an incident that revived the question about security in French museums.

The Louvre robbers may have smuggled stolen jewels by shoving them in their bodies back door, according to America’s most infamous jewel thief Larry Lawton. Larry shared his two cents after four thieves stole $102 million worth of jewels from the Louvre Museum on Sunday,

The brooch, worth $1.7 million, has a secret connection to The Gilded Age.

The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century.