A local council said the repairs to the bright blue sculpture would be 'significant'.

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”.

    • towerful@programming.devEnglish
      39·
      9 hours ago

      There is a statue in Glasgow that always has a traffic cone on its head.
      The council regularly removes it, and its always replaced.
      It’s had different variations over the years, from pride to independence to EU flags.
      The council proposed a renovation of the statue including raising the plinth to make it harder to replace the cone. It was shot down with massive public outcry.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_the_Duke_of_Wellington,_Glasgow

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        5·
        3 hours ago

        In 2013, Glasgow City Council put forward plans for a £65,000 restoration project, which included a proposal to double the height of its plinth and raise it to more than six feet (1.8 metres) in height to “deter all but the most determined of vandals”.[12] Their planning application contained an estimate that the cost of removing traffic cones from the statue was £100 per callout, and that this could amount to £10,000 per year.

        If the police are taking it down 100 times per yeat and people are putting a new one up 100 times per year, I’m kind of impressed with the determination om both sides.