A daring daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris has stunned the world, with over €88 million worth of France’s crown jewels stolen. Surveillance footage shows two suspects escaping on a mechanical ladder shortly after breaking into the gallery,

Brazen new footage shows the thieves who stole $150 million of precious jewels from the Louvre making a slow getaway on a mobile lift in front of unsuspecting Parisians and tourists.

Each piece was a tangible relic of French history—significant not only in design, but in its symbolism of political change in post-revolution France.