American tourists describe Louvre heist as 'the most exciting part' of vacation

A gang of four 'highly organised criminals' arrived outside the world's most visited museum at around 9.30am local time on Sunday while thousands of tourists enjoyed a day out in Paris. Masked and wielding angle grinders, they then launched an audacious raid which saw them swipe nine of the museum's most priceless treasures including a £100million crown - all in the space of just seven minutes.