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This kid tripped in an art gallery and punched a hole in a €1.3million painting

Oh, I’ll just walk past this paNOOOOOOOOO.

AN ART GALLERY in Taipei, Taiwan is currently showing an exhibition of Italian masterpieces called The Face of Leonardo: Images of a Genius.

At the weekend, a 12-year-old kid was at the museum, walking past a painting.

He tripped.

painting - 1

Put his hand out to steady himself.

painting - 2

And punched a hole in Flowers by Paolo Porpora, 350 years old and valued at €1.3million.

Impressively, he never spilled the drink in his other hand.

The museum later released CCTV footage of the incident:

FA LAU-WANG / YouTube

The painting now has a “fist-sized gash” in the canvas, according to the Guardian. Local news sources have reported that the boy’s family will not be asked to pay the restoration costs and the painting was insured.

Written by Michael Freeman and originally published on DailyEdge.ie 

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:03 AM

    OOPS !!

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    Aug 25th 2015, 1:39 PM

    These things happen and I’m sure they can fix it good as new.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 10:59 AM

    And you thought you were having a bad day……….

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:43 AM

    These paintings should be behind glass. All the care that is taken handling them and then they are left fully exposed to the public. It’s just asking for trouble.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:07 AM

    How is this allowed to happen? – shoelace manufacturers have been getting away with this for far too long. When will governments wake up and ban those death-traps.

    (sarcasm)

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:16 AM

    Sold. You break it you buy it.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:03 AM

    Should have left him in McDonald’s until the culture trip was over.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:49 AM

    Could have been worse. At least it wasn’t new!

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:04 AM

    Doesn’t look like a genuine trip to me.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:24 AM

    I didn’t think so either – but then, with such a valuable piece of art you’d think the barrier would be either stronger or outside of tripping distance.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 12:08 PM

    Everyone except the kid is a decent distance away.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 12:28 PM

    Was thinking the same. Seemed like it was deliberate

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    Aug 25th 2015, 12:40 PM

    Doesn’t look like a genuine account to me !

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    Aug 25th 2015, 12:45 PM

    FYI, my Twitter account with my real name & avatar was blocked from commenting on here around the time a story about a famous tax exile broke.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 2:30 PM

    Beachmaster chill out I was joking ! I didn’t even check your account

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    Aug 25th 2015, 2:49 PM

    Apologies Shane, didn’t mean it to come across like that.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:36 AM

    Me old man would a giving me a good clatherin, as he used to say

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    Aug 25th 2015, 1:11 PM

    Where’s yer wan who touched up the Jesus face, let her have a look at it.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:21 AM

    It will be renamed A Fistful of Flowers. And will generate a Fistful of Dollars for whoever has to repair it.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 12:30 PM

    Nothing that Don Conroy won’t sort.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:18 AM

    idiot.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 3:15 PM

    that video is going to haunt him the rest of his life

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    Aug 25th 2015, 1:07 PM

    On the mainland, they would have charged the parents 50c for the bullet

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    Aug 25th 2015, 12:12 PM

    Not likely to see it or even want to. Bin it and save the cost of restoration. Couldn’t give a toss about some manky old painting. Burn them. Burn them all. Still raining.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 5:53 PM

    If it was that valuable at least secure the area of the feckin thing

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    Aug 25th 2015, 1:22 PM

    The conspiracy theorists out in force. yeah. maybe the 12 year old is actually wearing a mask and is a 40 year old KGB agent. Or CIA destroying this painting to start a war because the fall doesn’t seem genuine. No idiots. It’s literally exactly what it is. It’s not the brightest kid falling over into a very expensive painting. Simples.

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    Aug 25th 2015, 1:35 PM

    Quick, get Cecilia Gimenez on the case

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    Aug 25th 2015, 2:23 PM

    Idiot

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    Aug 25th 2015, 11:49 PM

    At least he wasn’t hurt !!!

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