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A Louvre security guard has described how he found a £10m royal crown on the floor outside the museum, after four thieves wielding power tools broke into the building in broad daylight.

Two men have been detained in the investigation into the 19 October theft of crown jewels from the Louvre; prosecutors cite DNA evidence and warn the missing pieces may have been moved abroad.

Last week, eight crown jewels were stolen from the world-famous museum in Paris, which sparked public outrage and raised questions over museum security.

At a Senate hearing, Louvre director Laurence des Cars detailed failures in the Paris museum's security and also confirmed that she had offered to resign but the move was rejected by Culture Minister Rachida Dati.

Louvre Museum director Laurence des Cars has admitted a "terrible failure" after thieves cut through a window and stole jewellery worth nearly €90 million. She said she takes responsibility for weaknesses in security that allowed the gang to strike on Sunday morning.

The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days after thieves robbed it of prize jewels in a brazen daytime heist.

A brazen daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris has triggered comparisons with the infamous Kim Kardashian robbery, reviving questions about elite thieves and museum security.

How the Guardian reported the stealing of art works from the Paris museum including the Mona Lisa in 1911

On Sunday October 19, criminals managed to steal eight pieces of extremely valuable jewellery from the Louvre Museum’s Gallery of Apollo, in Paris. The robbery highlights long-standing issues for criminology in the field of cultural heritage, as museum security has to address traditional and emerging threats as well as a…