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The Mona Lisa has been smeared in cream in protest

The Mona Lisa has been smeared in cream in protest

The world famous Mona Lisa was the victim of a publicity stunt yesterday, as a visitor to the Louvre smeared the glass protecting the world's most famous painting with cream after failing to break through it.

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According to Reuters, it's believed that the act was conducted to garner attention on the climate crisis.

The perpetrator was disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair. When he was near the exhibit he jumped out of chair and attempted to damage the painting.

"Think of the earth, people are destroying the earth", the man, dressed in a wig, said in French, before being moved away by security.

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