Disguised Man Tries to Spoil Mona Lisa (VIDEO)

A man masquerading as a wheelchair-bound elderly granny threw a piece of cake at the  Mona Lisa painting in a climate-related protest at the Louvre.

Fortunately, the world’s best-known painting was undamaged thanks to its thick glass protective case.

The incident, which took place about lunchtime in Paris on Sunday (Central European Time) was captured on camera by several visitors among the hundreds queuing up to get a glimpse of what the French call “la Joconde”.

The man was pushed to the front of the queue in a wheelchair, then “jumped up” and hurled the slice of cake at the painting, which could be seen smeared in white icing.

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In the video, he was saying in French: “Think about the Earth. There are people destroying the Earth. That’s why I did it. Think about the planet.”

The Louvre has not yet commented publicly, however, Le Parisien newspaper reported that the gallery had filed a legal complaint about “public defacement”.

Several visitors took to social media after the attack, with one saying: “I’ve just seen a man throw a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa.”