An Austrian visitor to the Museo Antonio Canovain Possagno, Italy damaged a plaster model of a19th-century sculpture while trying to take a selfie.The tourist sat on the piece, breaking off its toes,and either didn’t notice or quickly fled the scene.A guard noticed the broken toes and reportedit immediately and a watch of the day’s securityfootage confirmed someone had broken it.Fortunately, because the toes were nottaken or damaged further, the museum hopes thatthis will ease the restoration of the piece.In a twist, the visitor came forwardthree days later after reading about theincident in an Austrian newspaper.“I remain at complete disposal, it was irresponsiblebehavior on my part” he wrote in an email to themuseum.
“During the visit I sat on the statue, withoutrealizing the damage I evidently caused”.Commenters on the museum’s update on Facebookseemed unconvinced by the tourist’s apology.“he [should] have sued himself immediatelyand not after the media clamor.
His are justcrocodile tears,” one person replied.“He noticed it right away, but onlypublicly apologized when he realizedhe hadn’t gotten away with it,”another commenter agreed
