00:00A Van Cleef and Arpels necklace worth several million dollars has been stolen from Vienna's Museum of Applied Arts in
00:07the latest high-profile European Museum heist.
00:10Police said two men bought tickets, entered the museum and smashed a glass display case with a hammer before fleeing
00:16with the jewelry.
00:18Apparently, they did not wear masks and did not care about being recorded as their faces could be clearly seen
00:23on security footage.
00:24The stolen necklace features 200 carats and 673 precious stones.
00:29It was designed for Egypt's former royal family and was famously worn by Queen Nazli in 1939.
00:37Beyond Vienna, the Tef follows a series of major museum raids across Europe.
00:41Thieves targeted the treasure of Viljana in Spain, while four works by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina were stolen from
00:48a museum in Sicily.
00:49The wave of heists follows last year's Louvre burglary in Paris, where thieves escaped with jewelry valued at around 87
00:58.6 million euros.
00:59The equilibrium costs.
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