Art
Man in Wig Throws Cake At Glass Protecting Mona Lisa
The cake attack left a conspicuous white creamy smear on the glass but the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci was unharmed.
Visitors next to the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Photographer: Eric Feferberg /AFP/Getty Images
Paris (AP) -- A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth.
The Paris prosecutor's office said Monday that the 36-year-old man was detained following Sunday's incident and sent to a police psychiatric unit. An investigation has been opened into the damage of cultural artifacts.