A 24-year-old Chinese woman was indicted for allegedly stealing nearly $2 million worth of gold nuggets from Paris' National Museum of Natural History.

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the September theft of gold worth more than €1.5 million from the Natural History Museum in Paris, one of several recent break-ins targeting high-profile French cultural institutions,

In 1962, the Countess of Paris attended the wedding of fellow European royalty in Queen Marie-Amélie’s sapphires—which were snatched in what has become one of the worst thefts of its kind.

A 24-year-old woman was arrested in Barcelona over the break-in and theft of gold worth more than $1 million, the Paris prosecutor said.

A month before an audacious jewelry heist struck the Louvre Museum, Paris' Natural History Museum saw nearly six kilograms of gold stolen. On Tuesday, a Chinese woman was arrested and charged with the theft.

The Louvre in Paris was robbed of priceless jewels in a flawless heist. The theft joins a historic list of museum robberies around the world.

The Louvre heist puts art world theft in spotlight. Learn about North Carolina's strange history with art theft here.