World of the Bizarre

Man knocks over statue while taking selfie

By T.K. Randall
May 9, 2016

Image: Police Lights
Credit: Highway Patrol Images / CC BY 2.0 (adapted) Selfie-takers can be notorious for not paying attention to what's behind them, but for one man who had been attempting to take his own picture in Lisbon's Rossio station recently, a moment spent trying to set up the perfect photograph ended up turning in to a complete nightmare.

The 24-year-old had decided to take a picture of himself next to the station's historic statue of Portugal's Dom Sebastiao when, having scaled the facade to get closer to it, he inadvertently knocked the statue over and was left gaping in horror as it smashed to pieces on the floor.

Man climbs 126-year-old statue to take a selfie, breaks it into pieces https://t.co/SPIUw047jJ pic.twitter.com/rGhuj4hond

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Despite attempting to flee the scene of the crime the man was promptly apprehended by police officers and is now expected to appear before a judge.

The broken statue, which was over 126 years old, is unlikely to ever be fully repaired.

Source: Telegraph

Tags: Spain, Selfie, Statue