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Museum Visitors Sit on and Crush “Van Gogh Chair”
The responsible individuals are shown fleeing the scene in what the Palazzo Maffei’s director called “any museum’s nightmare.
Tourists break crystal-covered chair at Italian museum: "Every museum's nightmare has come true"
Security footage from the museum shows a man and a woman taking pictures while pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" ...
Museum's plea after couple break crystal-covered chair
An Italian museum has called on patrons to "respect art" after a couple was filmed breaking a chair covered in hundreds of ...
Tourist sits on and breaks 'Van Gogh' chair covered in hundreds of crystals
The couple, who was not identified, fled the scene at the Palazzo Maffei museum in Italy after the chair broke. See the video ...
WATCH: Museum’s security footage shows moment visitor broke artwork by sitting on it
Footage released by the Palazzo Maffei in Verona shows a man and woman taking turns to pose with the museum’s “Van Gogh” ...
Tourist Destroys 'Van Gogh' Chair While Posing for Photos at Art Museum
A tourist destroyed Italian artist Nicola Bolla’s “Van Gogh” chair at the Palazzo Maffei in Verona, Italy, the museum shared ...
Tourists caught sitting on, breaking Swarovski-covered ‘Van Gogh’ chair
A selfie attempt went terribly wrong at Verona’s Palazzo Maffei, leaving a glittering crystal chair shattered. The couple ...
Tourist shatters ‘Van Gogh’ chair while posing for photos
A tourist sat on a “Van Gogh” chair at an art gallery before the piece collapsed underneath him.CCTV footage showed a man and ...
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Italy museum hunts for tourists in viral chair-smashing video
Palazzo Maffei in Verona described it as "every museum's nightmare" and said it had made a complaint to the police. ROME (AFP) — An Italian museum has launched a manhunt for the most unlikely of ...
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Tourist breaks Nicola Bolla's 'Van Gogh' chair by sitting on it: VIDEO
The video above shows the moment Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" chair is wrecked. The couple was trying to take pictures, ...
Couple Flees Museum After Breaking Crystal-Covered Chair
A couple visiting the Palazzo Maffei museum were posing for photos pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla’s “Van Gogh” chair, when the man accidentally sat down on the artwork, smashing it.
Tourist caught-on-camera smashing crystal-studded ‘Van Gogh’ chair at art museum
A tourist was caught crushing a Swarovski crystal chair at Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona, with surveillance footage showing the culprit fleeing after damaging the art.