The Mona Lisa cake attack left a conspicuous white creamy smear on the glass but the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn't damaged.
Videos posted on social media appear to show a young man in a wig and lipstick who had arrived in a wheelchair. The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery on Sunday.
Security guards were filmed escorting the wig-wearing activist away as he called out to the surprised visitors in the gallery: "Think of the Earth. There are people who are destroying the Earth. Think about it. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this." Cake was smeared over the protective glass covering the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris on May 29, 2022. The man suspected of being responsible was seen in a separate video telling bystThe painting was stolen in 1911 by a museum employee, an event that increased the painting's international fame.
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