Mona Lisa Gets Creampie From French Guy

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Climate Activist Disguised as an Old Lady in a Wheelchair Throws Custard Pie at the Mona Lisa

In the somewhat unusual bout of activism, a young man donned a wig and stole a wheelchair to get close to the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre in Paris.

www.thedailybeast.com

Mona Lisa: Man dressed as old woman throws cake at da Vinci painting

The perpetrator urged people to "think of the earth" while being led away from the scene.

www.bbc.com

Louvre visitor Luke Sundberg, from the US, saw it all unfold. "The crowd begin gasping and we looked up and some man in a wheelchair [dressed] as an old lady ran up to the painting and started punching it before smearing cake all over it," the 20-year-old told the PA news agency.
"It took about 10 to 15 seconds for the security to actually take the man away, but the crowd seemed to panic a little bit.

"It was jaw-dropping, it was a lot to take in considering how historic Mona Lisa is... the moment was once in a million."

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The unnamed man had used the wheelchair to gain a front row position at the crowded exhibit, which is protected by bulletproof glass after previous attempts to harm the painting.

Museum goers say he jumped out of the wheelchair and first tried to break the security glass before taking a cream pie he had somehow hidden from what is truly some of the tightest security in Europe, and smeared it across the glass while yelling in French, "Think of the earth, people are destroying the earth. Think about it. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That's why I did this."

He then threw roses he had also somehow smuggled into the museum into the crowd and below the painting. Security escorted him from the building and it is unclear if he was charged with attempting to harm one of the world's great masterpieces.

While the man's motives appear to be climate related given his rant, no climate groups have claimed responsibility for the prank.

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