The Louvre museum in Paris announced it would remain closed Monday as investigations continue into Sunday’s extraordinary theft of historic jewelry – and experts say the prospects of recovering the treasures are slim.

Myles Connor walked into the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and walked out with a Rembrandt painting in the 1980s.

PARIS (Reuters) -Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but while police often catch the thieves, they struggle to recover the priceless goods, law enforcement and art experts say.

Thieves just pulled off a bold daylight heist at Paris’ Louvre Museum, stealing priceless jewels from the French Crown collection. Here’s what we know so far.

A specialized police unit is handling the investigation into a brazen daytime heist of eight pieces of "priceless" jewelry from Paris' Louvre Museum.