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.

Ariel Weil, mayor of central Paris, says it's obvious to him that the Louvre museum’s security system did in fact fail during Sunday's crown jewel heist. But that’s contrary to what the French culture minister,

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.

The Louvre in Paris reopened on Wednesday, three days after thieves made off with historic jewellery worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million) in a spectacular heist that has raised urgent questions over security lapses at the museum.

The footage shows two suspects descending a basket lift on the side of the museum before fleeing on motorbikes.

Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot reports from Paris, France on new details in the daring daylight Louvre jewel heist and Interpol’s role in tracking the suspects.

Pritzker-prize winning architect Jean Nouvel has radically transformed the interior of a stately 19th-century building.