Thieves made off with about 2,000 gold and silver coins from a French museum — just hours after the audacious $1 million raid at the Louvre.

Other stolen valuables were an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise and a diadem and bow-breech belonging to Empress Eugénie. Her crown was recovered, broken, outside of the museum on Sunday, officials told local reporters.

French investigators are analysing dozens of DNA samples and fingerprints after this weekend's daylight jewel theft from the Louvre museum, a prosecutor said Thursday.Up to "150 DNA samples, fingerprints and other traces" have been identified,

The Louvre museum was hit by a brazen daytime jewel heist, forcing the Paris institution to close its doors for a second day in a row.

Museum heists, particularly ones involving historic and valuable items, have shocked the world and inspired mystery and suspicion for more than a century.

Laurence des Cars, the Louvre's president and director, is set to testify about the heist before the French Senate's Culture, Education and Sport Committee on Oct. 22.

The French crown jewels robbed from the Louvre museum in Paris are likely lost forever, an art crime expert tells CBS News, even if the thieves are caught.

The Louvre in Paris is open again, days after the spectacular robbery at the world-renowned museum, the latest in a series of robberies that has left visitors puzzling over empty cabinets and police in search of clues.