Louvre moves jewels to ultra-secure Bank of France vault after heist
They will now be stored in the Bank's most secure vault, behind a seven-tonne door 26m underground.
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On Friday a secret police escort oversaw the transfer of some of the remaining jewels to the Bank, 500m (about 500 yards ) from the museum, French media report.
They will now be stored in the Bank's most secure vault, 26m (85ft) below the ground floor of its elegant headquarters in central Paris.
The vault is home to 90% of France's gold reserves, as well as the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci and other national treasures. Its contents are worth an estimated €600m (£520m).
The "Souterraine", as the vault is known, was designed to withstand all attacks, according to the bank's website.
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