One of the largest diamond heist believed to date happened last night at Grünes Gewölbe, or “Green Vault,” state museum in Dresden, Germany. Millions of dollars in priceless diamonds and centuries of treasures were stolen.

video footage released showing robbers inside the museum

details are still emerging from the heist police believe that the thieves fled the scene in an Audi A6 sedan — and that an identical vehicle was later found on fire in an underground parking lot.

“One of the museum’s best-known treasures, the 41-carat Dresden Green Diamond, happened to be away on loan to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art at the time of the break-in,” Schmitz says. “Other exhibits include a table-sized sculpture of the Indian royal court made of gold, silver and precious stones, as well as a golden coffee service by an 18th-century court jeweler.”

police are asking for help if anyone has any information to contact local authorities

this is a devloping story more information as it is released