On his first working day

Bored..a security guard destroys an expensive antique painting in the "Quesen" way

A security guard destroyed a painting worth 1.3 million dollars because he was bored, in the manner of the Egyptian movie "The Quesin", which revolves around the story of a young man who destroys the famous Mona Lisa because of his stupidity and lack of knowledge of its great value.

On his first day on the job, the Russian security guard drew a pair of eyes with a ballpoint pen on Anna Liborskaya's painting "The Three Shapes" (1932-1934) during an abstract art exhibition at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, western Russia. The painting was defaced by an unnamed guard who is believed to be 60 years old and working for a private security company.

The painting, which was on loan from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, was damaged by a security guard after he was said to have been bored on his first day and has since been fired and the suspect's identity has only now been revealed as a security guard by the Yeltsin Centre, although they They did not mention the worker's name.

The next day, the work was sent to the Moscow Gallery and examined by an art restorer. The police opened an investigation into the crimes of vandalism, and the security guard was sentenced to one year of correctional labor.

The damage to the paint and the cost of the restoration were estimated at 2,470 pounds (250,000 RUB) but it is unclear how much the painting is worth, but it was insured with Alpha Insurance for 740,000 pounds (74.9 million RUB) and it was reported that the company where the security guard works You pay for the repair process.

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