More
than $1m (£650,000; 777,000 euros) worth of jewels have been stolen from a
hotel in Cannes, French police say.
The
jewels were initially thought to have been loaned to stars at the annual film
festival on the French Riviera.
They
were taken from the hotel room of an employee of exclusive Swiss jewellers
Chopard in the early hours of Friday morning.
Police
say the thieves ripped the safe containing the jewels from a wall of the room
at the Novotel hotel.
But
a company spokeswoman, Raffaella Rossiello, insisted the value of the pieces
had been exaggerated and "the jewellery stolen is not part of the
collection... worn by actresses during the Cannes Film Festival".
And
festival officials said the event's top award, the Palme d'Or, was not among
the stolen items.
The
trophy is also made by Chopard, an official sponsor of the festival.
Celebrities
choosing the Swiss firm's gems for their red carpet appearances at this year's
festival include Julianne Moore, Lana Del Rey and Cindy Crawford.
The
theft happened a few hours after the festival was shown The Bling Ring, a new
film by director Sofia Coppola.
The
film is about teenagers 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.
Source: bbc
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