Pictured: 'Bored' security guard who ruined £740,000 painting by drawing eyes on it
Alexander Vasiliev, 63, used a pen to doodle on the eyes on the blank faces of figures in Anna Leporskaya's classic work Three Figures (1932-34).
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Alexander Vasiliev, 63, used a pen to doodle on the eyes on the blank faces of figures in Anna Leporskaya's classic work Three Figures (1932-34).
A bored security guard decided to draw two small pairs of eyes on Anna Leporskaya’s painting, Three Figures. The painting is worth nearly AUD$1.4 million.
Russian painting worth €1 million vandalised by 'bored' security guard
The security guard drew two pairs of eyes with a ballpoint pen on artist Anna Leporskaya's 'Three Figures' painting displayed at the Russian gallery.
To the dismay of many, the guard is said to have drawn two pairs of eyes with a pen onto artist Anna Leporskaya's 'Three Figures' (1932-1934) painting on display in Western Russia.