French police were hunting for armed robbers Saturday who hit a jewelry store on one of Paris' poshest streets, and media reports said the target was the exclusive Harry Winston boutique, self-described “Jeweler to the Stars.

Earlier, in the year 2007-08, over 900 items estimated at a whopping 78.9 million ($86 million at today's prices) were robbed in what is called one of the largest such thefts that took place anywhere in the world.