Mona Lisa gets caked by a disguised young man in a wheelchair

The Mona Lisa was attacked on Sunday by a visitor who threw a cake at her. The Mona Lisa is one of the main tourist attractions of the Louvre Museum in Paris. The cake hit the glass that protects the famous oil painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, so, fortunately, it was not damaged. The museum guards quickly apprehended the attacker and threw him out of the museum.

Can anybody translate what ole dude was saying as they where escorting him out?😂 pic.twitter.com/Uy2taZ4ZMm

— Lukeee🧃 (@lukeXC2002) May 29, 2022

The museum guards proceeded to clean the protective glass, a moment that has been recorded in videos and photos of visitors who were on site. The intention and identity of the attacker have not been revealed. According to witnesses, it was a person who approached the painting in a wheelchair and was wearing a wig. While carrying out the act of vandalism, the young man was shouting environmentalist slogans in favor of the protection of the Earth.

Attacking La Gioconda with a cake @lagioconda @monnalisa @cakeinface pic.twitter.com/2AurYY3PaY

— Sergio Migliaccio (@MSergio_) May 29, 2022

This is not the first attack that the Mona Lisa has suffered; it has been the target of several aggressions. The most recent was in 2009 when a Russian tourist threw a cup of tea at her. Fortunately, this time too, she escaped unscathed thanks to the bulletproof screen that protects her.

Maybe this is just nuts to me💀but an man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheel chair and attempted to smash the bullet proof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere all before being tackled by security. 😂??? pic.twitter.com/OFXdx9eWcM

— Lukeee🧃 (@lukeXC2002) May 29, 2022

Another attack took place in 1956, when a man threw acid at it, and another man threw a stone at it, breaking the glass and damaging the paintwork.

In 1974, the famous painting was exhibited in a museum in Tokyo, Japan and a woman dyed it with a red spray. Fortunately, she did not damage the artwork.

Bastante heavy haber presenciado esto https://t.co/hnYW0scXZ8 pic.twitter.com/DrfuqSo084

— Lis (@Lis_grimaldi) May 29, 2022

In 1911 the painting was stolen by Louvre employee Vincenzo Peruggia, leading many to believe that the original one remains lost, and that the one that brought back is a copy.