A tourist attempting to take a selfie in the Museum of Lisbon split the statue of the XVIII century
Moscow. 9 Nov. INTERFAX.RU Tourist from Brazil while trying to take a selfie in a Museum in Portugal, smashed a statue of the early eighteenth century, writes The Daily Mail.
The incident occurred at the National Museum of ancient art in Lisbon. Brazilian tourist, wanting to imprint themselves on the background of the sculpture of the Archangel Michael backed away and accidentally knocked over the pedestal of a work of art. The statue, falling to the floor, split into several parts.
The name of the hapless tourist is not called.
One of the visitors who were in the hall of the Museum, took a picture of the broken sculpture and posted the picture on Facebook. He accompanied with the caption: “such Is the price of free admission to museums the first Sunday of each month.”
On Youtube you can see the statue before and after the incident.
“I work in the Museum for many years and can’t remember anything like this,” complained the Deputy Director of the Museum josé Alberto Carvalho.
Experts estimated the damage caused to the statue as “irreversible.”
In September the Museum’s Director Antonio Filipe Pimentel appealed to the authorities with a warning. “We have only 64 of the Keeper 84 of the hall are available to visitors. I’m sure that one day will be a trouble. This happens because we played with our heritage,” said the officer of the Museum.
The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.