Gang punches hole in Monet work

by insaniac | October 7, 2007 at 02:23 pm

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If that were my painting, I would rise from the grave and hunt the perpetrators down one by one.

A gang of intruders has broken into a museum in Paris and inflicted serious damage on a painting by Impressionist artist Claude Monet.

Four or five people were caught on camera breaking into the Musee d'Orsay via a back door early on Sunday.

An alarm sounded but the apparently drunken group fled after punching a 10cm (four inch) hole in the famous painting Le Pont d'Argenteuil.

This is the latest in a number of security incidents at French museums.

French Culture Minister Christine Albanel said that the artwork could be restored but that this was an attack on French heritage.