Myles Connor walked into the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and walked out with a Rembrandt painting in the 1980s.

NBC Boston spoke to an art theft expert who is also the director of security and chief investigator at the Gardner Museum about the logistics of this heist at the Louvre and what the thieves might be planning to do with the crown jewels. The plot was carried out just 30 minutes after the Louvre opened on Sunday morning.

Sunday’s robbery at the Paris museum could be the latest example of thieves targeting museums for jewels and precious metals to break down and sell on.

What we know about the Louvre jewel heist, plus a look at thefts from museums in the Philly area over the years.

More than 25 years before Sunday's heist at the iconic museum, a thief took a 19th-century painting in broad daylight.

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.