I find it hard to believe that the Louvre is displaying real jewels.
Why? Replicas aren't going to draw crowds of honest people. Their value is their originality. And they are - or should be - guarded more carefully than some storage area.
“I find it hard to believe that the Louvre is displaying real jewels.”
normally I would agree with you, like I don’t believe for a second that the Crown jewels on display in England are real, they got really pissy when I took pictures and made me delete them. (undelete is easy :)