Man In Wig Throws Cake At The Mona Lisa

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Here's a headline you weren't expecting to read this morning: A man in a wig was arrested after throwing cake at the Mona Lisa.

Police in Paris say the 36-year-old man appeared to be disguised as an old lady, wearing a wing and lipstick and arriving at the Louvre in a wheelchair.

After the cake-throwing incident, he was escorted out by security while shouting "Think of the Earth! There are people who are destroying the Earth!"

Fortunately, the painting itself wasn't damaged - but the cake left a "white creamy smear" on the glass protecting it.


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