An Australian teenager has faced court for allegedly defacing a large blue sculpture of a mythical creature by sticking googly eyes on it.
Amelia Vanderhorst, 19, appeared via phone at Mount Gambier Magistrates Court in South Australia on Tuesday charged with one count of property damage.
In a statement at the time of the September incident, the local council said CCTV footage showed a person putting artificial eyes on the artwork which locals have nicknamed the “Blue Blob”.
Unless the blobs are some gel solvent they used for removal before prying them off with a shovel, i’d say it’s some form of contact cement.
A little patience and some isopropyl, maybe a heat gun would have likely let them remove it without harm. Whoever did the removal wasn’t trying to be careful, they gauged it as someone else’s problem.