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Boy trips at museum, accidentally punches hole in $1.5m painting
Updated On: 26 August, 2015 06:19 AM IST | | Agencies
<p>A 12-year-old Taiwanese boy lived out a slapstick nightmare at the weekend, when he tripped at a museum and broke his fall with a painting, smashing a hole in 350-year-old painting by Paolo Porpoura, worth Rs 10 crore</p>
A CCTV footage shows the boy trip over a platform in front of the artwork and then brace himself against the painting to break his fall
Taipei: Every curator's worst fear came true on Sunday, when a visitor stumbled and accidentally punched a hole in one of the paintings at a museum in Taiwan. The painting that was accidentally damaged by a clumsy boy is a centuries-old $1.5 million (approximately Rs 10 crore) oil painting by Italian artist Paolo Porpoura.
Fool and the fall! A CCTV footage shows the boy trip over a platform in front of the artwork and then brace himself against the painting to break his fall. PIc/Youtube video grab
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