New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris in a daring daylight robbery has been valued at 88 million euros or $102 million, a French public prosecutor said on Tuesday.

"The Louvre curator estimated the damages to be 88 million euros," or $102 million, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau was quoted by AFP as saying on Tuesday.

But she said the greater loss was to France's historical heritage, adding that the thieves would not pocket the full windfall if they had "the very bad idea of melting down these jewels".

"This sum is indeed extremely spectacular," the prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, said in an interview with RTL radio, "but it is in no way comparable to the historical damage caused by this theft."

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