The request of the Italian museum after a couple destroyed a chair covered with crystals

The Italian Museum called on the patrons to “respect the art” after the couple was filmed, breaking a chair covered with hundreds of shiny crystals.

Shots published by Palazzo Mafia, in Verona, show that a man and a woman shoot each other while pretending to be sitting in the so -called Van Gogh chair.

Then the man looks sliding and falls into the chair, lubricating it under it.

Officials say the couple escaped from the museum before the staff noticed what happened.

Since then, they have notified the police of the couple who has not been identified.

“Sometimes we lose our brain to take a picture and don’t think about the consequences,” says museum director Vanessa Carlon.

“Of course it was an incident, but these two people left without telling us – it’s not accidental,” she adds. “This is a nightmare for any museum.”

The BBC understands that this incident happened in April. Palazzo Maffei released the frames on June 12th.

The chair was built by Italian artist Nikola Bola and is concise with Swarovski crystals made of polished, machine -cut glass. He was named Vincent van Gogh as a tribute to the Dutch artist Drawing a simple chairS

Bola’s track is somewhat invaluable, as the museum refused to provide an assessment of its value when it was requested by the BBC.

Carlotta Menegaco, an art historian, headquartered in Palazzo Mafia, says – until he looks healthy – his frame is mostly hollow and maintained with foil.

“There was a note in the chair that warns people not to touch. Of course it is placed on a pedestal, so it is quite clear that it is not a real chair,” says G -ja Menegazzo.

Two legs and the main seat were broken, but d -menegazzo says “great work” is done to restore the piece and it is now back in place.

Palazzo Mafia opened in 2020 and has 650 pieces of display, including paintings by Picasso and ancient Egyptian art.

G -ja Carlon says that the bigger part of the visitors is careful and she hopes that this edition of CCTV footage will not become a “negative episode”.

Instead, she wants to emphasize that “everyone should enter the arts or museums or churches, wherever art is shown in a more respectful way.”

“Art must be respected and loved because it is very fragile,” she adds.