CAKE ATTACK ON MONA LISA LEADS TO SUSPECT’S ARREST

Mon 30 May 2022:

In an apparent environment-related publicity stunt, a visitor to the Louvre in Paris attempted to smash the glass protecting the world’s most famous painting before smearing cake across its surface.

According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the 36-year-old man was detained after the incident on Sunday and taken to a police psychiatric unit.

An investigation into the damage to cultural artifacts has been launched.

In an apparent environment-related publicity stunt, a visitor to the Louvre in Paris attempted to smash the glass protecting the world’s most famous painting before smearing cake across its surface. pic.twitter.com/hIU4wT4gck

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Videos posted on social media show a man in a wig and lipstick who arrived in a wheelchair. The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery.

The perpetrator then jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked the bulletproof glass, disguised as an elderly lady.

The cake attack left a conspicuous white creamy smear but the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci was not damaged.

“Maybe this is just nuts to me,” posted the taker of a video of the incident’s aftermath, which shows a Louvre staffer cleaning the glass. “[He] then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere before being tackled by security.”

Officials at the Louvre Museum in Paris declined to comment on Monday on the bizarre incident the day previous.

Another video posted on Twitter showed the same staffer finishing cleaning the pane while another attendant removes a wheelchair from in front of the Da Vinci masterpiece.

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