Still Waters Posted August 5, 2020 #1 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Police in Italy have identified a 50-year-old Austrian man who broke three toes off a statue at a museum as he posed for a photo with the artwork. The 200-year-old plaster cast model of Antonio Canova's statue of Paolina Bonaparte was damaged in the incident on July 31 at the Gipsoteca Museum in Possagno, northern Italy, Treviso Carabinieri, the local law enforcement agency, told CNN. The man, whose name has not yet been released, was caught on a surveillance camera jumping up onto the statue's base to get a picture when the maneuver inadvertently snapped its toes. https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/canova-statue-damage-tourist-scli-intl/index.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted August 5, 2020 #2 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Why are there no ropes to prevent this type of thing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted August 5, 2020 #3 Share Posted August 5, 2020 People are idiots, with their selfie obsession. At least it wasn't a bear. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted August 5, 2020 #4 Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 minute ago, acute said: People are idiots, with their selfie obsession. At least it wasn't a bear. Yeah, could you imagine the damage a bear would do taking a selfie with a 200 year old plaster statue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethrofloyd Posted August 5, 2020 #5 Share Posted August 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, OverSword said: Yeah, could you imagine the damage a bear would do taking a selfie with a 200 year old plaster statue A bear is a bit smarter than a average tourist , He would never jump on a statue and snap three of its fingers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted August 5, 2020 #6 Share Posted August 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, jethrofloyd said: A bear is a bit smarter than a average tourist , He would never jump on a statue and snap three of its fingers. I submit to your infallible logic. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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