Tourist caught-on-camera smashing crystal-studded ‘Van Gogh’ chair at art museum

A tourer was caught-on-camera crushing a Swarovski crystal-encrusted seat wrong a museum successful Italy – past taking off.

The Palazzo Maffei successful Verona took to societal media to exposure the tourist's actions arsenic helium was caught sitting connected the chair, causing it to illness and autumn to the ground.  

"The nightmare of each depository has go a reality, adjacent astatine Palazzo Maffei," the depository wrote successful a station connected their Facebook page, with the surveillance video attached.  

"What you conscionable saw would beryllium ridiculous if it hadn't, unfortunately, really happened," a depository worker says during the video.

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Security camera video of a antheral breaking a crystal-encrusted seat astatine Palazzo Maffei Verona successful Italy.  (Palazzo Maffei Verona via Facebook)

The depository pointed retired that the tourists conveniently waited for information to permission earlier making their determination and capturing the photo.

The seat was described arsenic being "extremely fragile." 

"An irresponsible motion caused superior harm to Nicola Bolla's ‘Van Gogh’ chair, a precise delicate work, wholly covered successful hundreds of Swarovski crystals," the depository said. 

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Two tourists look connected successful fearfulness aft destroying priceless artwork astatine Italy museum.  (Palazzo Maffei Verona via Facebook)

The depository said they were unsure for respective days if they would beryllium capable to reconstruct the chair.

"We were genuinely disquieted it mightiness not beryllium imaginable to reconstruct it," the depository said. 

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The depository said they were capable to reconstruct the precious artwork a fewer days aft a tourer destroyed the exhibit.  (Palazzo Maffei Verona via Facebook)

However, acknowledgment to efforts by galore individuals, the depository shared that they were capable to successfully prevention the enactment of art.

"Heartfelt acknowledgment spell to the police, our information section and the restorers, whose invaluable enactment allowed the betterment of the work," the depository shared.

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"We stock this occurrence not lone for the record, but to commencement a existent consciousness run connected the worth of creation and the respect it is due." 

It's unclear however overmuch it outgo to hole the creation display. It is besides unclear if the culprits were ever identified oregon if they would look immoderate consequences.

Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist transgression cases, amerciable immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to stepheny.price@fox.com