India, Oct. 20 -- A broad daylight robbery at Paris's iconic Louvre Museum on Sunday has raised concerns over the lack of security in France's museums. The heist, which saw eight priceless royal artifacts stolen, was captured on video, showing one of the thieves cutting through a glass display case.

The clip, shared by France's BFMTV, shows the suspect cutting through the display case while visitors walked by casually.

It was "like a Hollywood movie", an American tourist was quoted as saying by the AFP, as she described the "crazy" robbery. Four thieves were reportedly behind the robbery and it took them just seven minutes to grab some of France's priceless crown jewels.

They arrived at the museum around 40 minutes after it opened, and...