Jewels worth more than $1 million have been stolen from a hotel room during the Cannes Film Festival, according to Cannes police and reported by The Voice of Russia.
The jewels, made by Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweler Chopard, were slated to be loaned to stars walking the red carpet at the international festival in the French Riviera town.
Police said the thieves broke into the room of a Chopard employee at the Novotel hotel, opened a safe, took the jewels, and escaped into the center of Cannes.
There's a even pun in the timing of the job.
From BBC:
The theft happened on the same day that the festival was shown The Bling Ring, a new film by director Sofia Coppola about some high-school students who find out when celebrities are attending red carpet events in order to break into their homes and steal their designer clothes, bags, and shoes.
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