1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: This is gem Nation. We well, the Mona Lisa has 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: been vandalized Leonardo da Vinci's art work. Do you know 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: its official name is La Joconda. I went to art school. Look, 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: do you want me to continue with this? You asked 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: me a question. It was a rhetorical question. Anyway, it 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: was vandalized in Paris. A man dressed as an old 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: lady jumped from a wheelchair. So there's a little old 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: lady in a wheelchair like Whistler's mother, being wheeled along, 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: and he jumps out of the wheelchair and attempts to 10 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: smash the bulletproof glass. His smeared cake on the glass, 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: threw roses everywhere, and then he was tackled by security 12 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: and returned removed from the museum. So he looks a 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: little bit like Mick Jagger, well dressed as an elderly woman. Look, 14 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: he does a little bit. I think that's a wig though, Yeah, 15 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: but he's got what for me or this guy, because 16 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: Mick has quite they had a hair for his age. 17 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: But look at him on this one. There's bulletproof glass 18 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: in front of her. And I'll tell you why in 19 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: a minute. But his smeared cake all over and What 20 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: he says is his motive was, well, he called out, 21 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: there are people who were destroying the earth. Think about it, 22 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: he said. All the artists tell you to think about 23 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: the earth. All artists think about the earth. That's why 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: I did this, think about the planet. So poor old 25 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: Mona Lisa. She's left with crumbs on her face, not 26 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: as she's smiling, she's just had a nice piece of cake. 27 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: But he's saying, tell all the artists, Well, tell that 28 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: to da Vinci's dead mate. But this isn't the first 29 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: time she's been vandalized. The most recent one two thousand 30 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: and nine. A Russian woman through a ceramic cup at 31 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: the portrait, apparently frustrated because she had a disability. She 32 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: was frustrated. No, I've got this wrong. She threw a 33 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: cup because she couldn't obtain French citizenshiph you just can't 34 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: use Mona Lisa for any crist Well, this is another one, 35 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: Oh Council Midnight. I'm going to throw something at it. 36 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: Nineteen seventy four, the painting was on display in the 37 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: Tokyo National Museum. A woman with a disability was upset 38 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: by the museum's inaccessibility, and she tried to spray red 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: paint on the canvas. In nineteen fifty six, the painting 40 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: was damaged by two attacks, one with acid, another with 41 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: a rock that chipped some of the pigment from the picture. 42 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: And because of that, the Mona Lisa is now behind bulletproof. 43 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: And well, when did Da Vinci paint it? It was last Wednesday, 44 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: sixteen hundreds. I know he's dead according to you, Well, 45 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: I gave you some news you didn't know. Do you 46 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: know what the crime though? That made her a legend. 47 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: This is what made her so famous. In nineteen eleven, 48 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: she was stolen from the walls of the Louver by 49 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: an Italian handyman. He was hired by the museum to 50 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: make some protective glass cases for some of other famous works. 51 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: He hid in a closet at the museum overnight and 52 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: removed the painting from the wall and just carried it 53 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: out of the building because he said he wanted to 54 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: return her to Italy. Of course, and that's what she belonged. 55 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: That made Mona Lisa a household name. I wonder if 56 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: she was in on it insta fame. Oh, the painting 57 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: was in on it anyway. She was restored four years 58 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: later to the walls of the Louver in France. Have 59 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: you ever seen it? You've gone along to see the man, 60 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: to my shame. I've been to the Louver and the 61 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: que was so big. You're painting so small. I just 62 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: went to the gift shop and bought a postcards cut 63 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: to the chase. That's my girl. I went and smeared 64 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: the postcards instead.