The Louvre heist doesn't surprise museum security experts
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Officials say an outdated surveillance system left the world-famous museum in Paris vulnerable despite years of warnings.
Thieves carjacked the furniture lift used to break into the Louvre for the smash-and-grab raid nine days before the crown jewel heist.
In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre ’s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels,