India, Oct. 20 -- In a dramatic series of events, eight priceless royal pieces of jewellery were stolen from the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris in broad daylight on Sunday, with the hunt still on for the group of robbers who carried out the heist.

Officials said a team of 60 investigators were working on the theory that the raid was planned and executed by an organised crime group, news agency AFP reported.

The incident has highlighted the lack of security in France's museums, while the new Interior Minister Laurent Nunez acknowledged Sunday was a "major weak spot". President Emmanuel Macron said that efforts were on to catch the criminals and recover the stolen treasures.

"The theft committed at the Louvre is an attack on a herit...