WATCH: 12-year-old puts his fist through a $1.5m painting
We imagine this moment will forever replay in slow motion in this kids head.
The 12-year-old was visiting 'The Face of Leonardo; Images of a Genius' exhibition at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan when the unspeakable happened.
He tripped and broke his fall by putting his hand out and punching a hole through an oil painting estimated to be 350 years old.
In the video, you can see the fateful moment and the aftermath as he realises what he's done and looks around at the rest of the people in the exhibit.
He saved his drink from spilling, though.
The artwork, entitled Flowers, is by Italian master Paolo Porpora and is thought to be worth $1.5 million (almost €1.3 million). Standing at over two metres tall, it depicts an arrangement of roses, carnations and tulips and is thought to have been painted in 1660.
@LIVENewsDesk The painting - Flowers by Italian artist Paolo Porpora. pic.twitter.com/7SIR5X8LI8
— Newshub (@NewshubNZ) August 25, 2015
One of the organisers of the exhibition, Sun Chi-hsuan, said the hole is about the size of a fist. Which would make sense.
【《花》修復照片大公開 「畫醫」真的好神】http://t.co/7Tz1FCQ283
— 蘋果新聞網 Taiwan News (@TW_nextmedia) August 25, 2015
【台灣之光 修復《花》的「畫醫」在台灣】http://t.co/PuQGK81JAt
#PaoloPorpora #真相達文西 pic.twitter.com/2BhbW9rKA7
The painting is on loan to the exhibition but, luckily, it is thought that the repair will be covered by insurance and the poor boy's family will not have to pay.
