Paris , France ( CNN ) -- Five paintings , including a Matisse and a Picasso , were stolen overnight from a Paris museum , the Paris mayor 's office said Thursday . The paintings were stolen from the Museum of Modern Art and included works by Georges Braque , Ferdinand Leger and Amedeo Modigliani , French police said . The artworks are worth a total of just less than 100 million euros ( $ 123.7 million ) , said Christophe Girard , an aide to the mayor of Paris . The city runs the museum . But the prosecutor 's office estimated the value of the lost works at 500 million euros ( $ 617 million . ) The city of Paris Web site named them as `` Le Pigeon aux Petits Pois '' ( Pigeon with peas ) by Picasso , `` La Pastorale '' ( The Pastoral ) by Matisse , `` L'Olivier pres de l'Estaque '' ( Olive Tree near the Estaque ) by Braque , `` La femme a l'eventail '' ( Woman with Fan ) by Modigliani , and `` Nature morte aux chandeliers '' ( Still Life with Candlesticks ) by Leger . Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said he was `` particularly saddened and shocked by this theft which is an intolerable affront to the universal cultural heritage of Paris . '' Delanoe said in a statement that part of the museum 's security system -- the part that detects movement and body heat -- had been broken at least since March 30 . The museum notified the service provider that day and asked for replacement equipment , but it still has not been provided , the mayor said . Video surveillance of the museum was working normally , and three guards were on duty , he added . Delanoe called for an administrative investigation in addition to the criminal one , he said , to determine if `` technical or human failures helped make this security breach possible . ''
Five paintings stolen overnight from Paris museum . Works are worth about 100 million euros ( $ 123.7 million ) Security systems apparently disabled , official says .