Drunken tourist climbs, breaks historic Brussels statue 1 day after reopening
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A major three-year restoration project which cost $130 million had just been completed the day before.
A historic statue outside the Brussels Stock Exchange was damaged on Sunday evening after a drunken Irish tourist climbed on it to take a picture.
A major three-year restoration project to revamp the 150-year-old building had just been completed the day before, Belgium media reported. The restoration work cost 90 million euros, or about C$130 million.
The statue that was damaged depicted a lion and a man holding a torch, one of two lion statues that guard the entrance to the stock exchange.
Video of the incident was shared widely on social media, showing the Irish tourist sitting on the back of the lion statue. As he tries to get off the lion’s back, he grabs the arm of the man holding the torch and appears to put all of his weight on it.
The torch then snaps off and the tourist walks away.
Police were notified about the incident and tracked the Irishman down to a nearby fast food restaurant.
Brussels police told Insider that the man was briefly detained and will face criminal charges. Police did not identify the tourist by name.
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