In a bizarre stunt, a wigged man smeared cake all over the Mona Lisa to encourage people to 'think of the earth':
An astonishing scene unfolded at the Louvre on Sunday when a man in a wheelchair wearing a wig hurled a handful of cake at the Mona Lisa.
According to videos and eyewitness accounts shared on social media, the perpetrator, who has not been publicly identified, stood up from a wheelchair and approached, first attempting to break the glass before finally deciding to smear cake all over it. Damage to the painting was prevented by a sheet of bulletproof glass installed permanently in front ofA video posted online shows the perpetrator speaking to visitors in French as he is escorted away by security.
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