Alexandre Portier, the lawmaker leading the French parliament’s inquiry into the theft, said the heist had left a "wound."

A week after thieves stormed the Louvre and ripped eight priceless pieces from France’s Crown Jewels, the country is nursing a deep cultural wound — even as Paris authorities on Sunday announced arrests tied to the haul.

Laurence des Cars, director of the Louvre, also told the outlet that the building’s surveillance system had a blind spot on the perimeter that likely helped enable the heist, which was likely was likely the most expensive ever pulled off at the grand museum.

German businessman Alexander Böcker was reading the news with his wife when she told him about a robbery at the Louvre in Paris. They soon saw an opportunity.

Photographer captures stylish passerby at Louvre investigation scene, creating internet sensation as authorities playfully keep the man's identity secret.