America’s most infamous jewel thief calls the Louvre robbers “idiots” and reveals the shocking way they were able to smuggle the jewels out of Paris.

Kidnapped in the booty?

Thieves who stole $102 million worth of jewels from the Louvre museum may have hidden the precious items in their behinds in order to smuggle them out of France.

This eye-popping hypothesis was raised by America’s most infamous jewelry thief, Larry Lawton, when he spoke to The Post about the headline-grabbing heist.

“I hope they had enough money to literally lie down and get out of the country,” Lawton, 64, said of the four thieves who pulled off a brazen, if somewhat random, robbery in Paris over the weekend.

In the 1980s and 1980s, Lawton robbed 25 jewelry stores on America’s East Coast, netting a total of $18 million. During daytime raids, he often zip-tied terrified shopkeepers and customers.

Based on his own experience, Lawton revealed that if the Louvre thugs, whom he described as “hobbyists” and “idiots,” had escaped by plane, they would not have put the jewels in their carry-on luggage.

“Believe it or not, depending on the size, you can take some of that jewelry apart and literally ‘throw it’ in your suitcase,” Lawton said, explaining that the common term is to “put something up your rectum.”

“You have seven extra centimeters in your anus, and I know why [because] I actually have a knife,’ the ex-con admitted shockingly, recalling his past life of wild life and crime.

“You put the knife in half a [travel] toothbrush holder,” he continued vividly, “and put masking tape on the other end.

Once one of the country’s most wanted men, Lawton’s impeccable planning and precision consistently eluded capture.

But a native New Yorker says the Louvre robbers don’t have those qualities; four thieves were reported to have made major mistakes during the heist.

One of the men allegedly left behind a glove, while the other dropped Empress Eugenie’s imperial crown in a hasty escape, damaging historic headpieces.

“They are not as professional as I am,” he added. “I’ve robbed 25 f-king stores and never dropped any jewelry or the king’s crown no less!”

The group also failed to destroy evidence of an attempt to set fire to a work truck and a ladder they used to pretend to be construction workers during the break-in.

Because of their mistakes, Lawton believes the thieves will eventually be identified and arrested, even if they fled France with the loot in their boots.

The reformed criminal guessed that at least one of the robbers was a Parisian local with some connection to the famous museum.

According to Lawton, someone at the Louvre must have accidentally shared the information with the robber, who then used it in nefarious ways.

Lawton says that each robbery is carefully planned and admits that he has “given over 1,000 jewelry stores” but robbed only 25.

One of the strangest heists he planned was a daring raid on the H. Stern store at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.

“I scouted this place … for over six, eight weeks and I was so close to robbing it,” he recalled. “We had a plan. We had dynamite. It was fake, but it looked so good. We [planned to put] dynamite strap around the owner and I was going to take the family hostage the night before, and [tell the owner] “If you even open your mouth, I’ll get out of the car and blow you or your family up if my partner doesn’t get a phone call from me every 15 minutes. We’re going to kill your kids.”

But Lawton was “frightened” by the violent and complicated plan and ultimately decided to cancel the caper.

“Thank God I didn’t,” he admitted.

Meanwhile, the criminal who was finally arrested in 1996. and spent 11 years behind bars, says the most important thing for a jewelry thief is the ability to enclose stolen goods.

Given the rarity of the Louvre’s jewels, he believes it could be difficult for criminals to unload the items, even if they are dismantled and broken.

But despite the mistakes and the fear they must be feeling right now, Lawton said the foursome were undoubtedly elated after leaving the building with eight items.

“You’re overwhelmed,” he said, describing the feeling of being raided. “Your adrenaline is flowing.

“I’ve done every drug in the book, but there’s nothing like walking out of a jewelry store knowing you’ve got $1 million.”

The most famous and fashionable jewel thieves of all time

Larry Lawton told The Post that “the jewelry business is a despicable business,” but Hollywood productions such as “To Catch a Thief,” “Hot Rock” and “Ocean’s 8” have given diamond heists a glamorous polish.

However, quite a few famous real-life jewel thieves look like they were lifted straight from the screen. Check out some of the most famous and trendy ones below:

Joan Hannington

Hannington, known as “The Godmother,” was famous for smuggling jewels out of stores by swallowing them. The fur-loving criminal, set in London in the 1980s, recently had his life and crimes turned into a CW and ITV miniseries of the same name, starring Sophie Turner.

Olivera “Oils” Ćirković

The tall, bright Serbian basketball player turned to the path of crime after the end of his career as a professional athlete. As a member of the Pink Panthers, an international network of jewel thieves, she masterminded numerous robberies in Greece. Ćirkovic, now 56, was eventually arrested and spent five years in prison.

Doris Payne

Nicknamed “Diamond Doris”, Payne first hit the headlines after being convicted of stealing a 10-carat diamond ring in Monte Carlo in the 1970s. Her criminal career continued in the following decades, and in 2011, at the age of 80, she was arrested for stealing a diamond ring from Macy’s department store.

Jack Murphy

A handsome surfer nicknamed “Murph the Surf” took part in the infamous 1964 let’s break into the American Museum of Natural History. With two accomplices, Murphy stole 24 gems in what was dubbed the “gem heist of the century.” He was arrested two days later and spent less than three years in prison for the crime. A movie about his life “Live A Little, Steal A Lot” was made in 1975.