Arrested perpetrator of Mona Lisa painting with cake

PARIS, KOMPAS.com – Thrower lukisan Mona Lisa with cake that is a 36 year old man was arrested on Monday (30/5/2022). He was placed in psychiatric care.

Officials at the Louvre Museum in Paris, where the Mona Lisa painting is on display, declined to comment on the incident on Sunday (29/5/2022).

The cake throwing incident was recorded by several visitors and went viral on social media.

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Lukisan Mona Lisa which was Leonardo da Vinci’s prized work and had been the target of previous vandalism attempts, was not damaged thanks to the bulletproof glass case that protected it.

A Twitter user with the account name Lukeee uploaded a video showing a museum employee cleaning glass smeared with cake cream stains.

Another video shows a man dressed in white being escorted by security guards.

“A man dressed as an old woman jumped out of a wheelchair and attempted to shatter the bulletproof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then started smearing the glass with cake and throwing roses everywhere, all before being handled by security,” Lukeee wrote. AFP.

Speak in the language Francethe pitcher said, “People are destroying the Earth… All artists, think about Earth. That’s why I’m doing this. Think about the planet.”

Maybe this is just nuts to me????but an man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheel chair and attempted to smash the bullet proof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere all before being tackled by security. ??????? pic.twitter.com/OFXdx9eWcM

— Lukeee???? (@lukeXC2002) May 29, 2022

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Can anybody translate what ole dude was saying as they where escorting him out????? pic.twitter.com/Uy2taZ4ZMm

— Lukeee???? (@lukeXC2002) May 29, 2022

An investigation into the attempted destruction of a cultural work has been opened, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

The Mona Lisa has been protected by glass since a Bolivian man threw a rock at the painting in December 1956 and damaged his left elbow.

In 2005, the legendary painting was placed in a reinforced case to control temperature and humidity.

Four years later, a Russian woman threw an empty teacup at the painting and slightly scratched the Mona Lisa’s case.

The Louvre is the largest museum in the world, housing hundreds of thousands of works that attracted around 10 million visitors a year before the Covid-19 pandemic.

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