At the Louvre Museum, a man dressed as an elderly woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa.
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According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the 36-year-old man was detained after the incident on Sunday, May 29 and was taken to a police psychiatric unit for evaluation.
Social media videos showed a young man in a wig and lipstick arriving in a wheelchair. The man, whose name was unknown, was also observed offering roses to slack-jawed museum visitors.
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The Louvre said in a statement Monday, May 30 that the painting had not been damaged. According to the museum, the man hid the cake inside his stuff.
The picture was stolen by a museum employee in 1911, which elevated its international prominence. It was also damaged in an acid attack by a vandal in the 1950s and is now housed behind glass.


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