A couple was caught red-handed destroying a piece of art at Palazzo Maffei, a museum in the Italian city of Verona.

Newly released footage showed a tourist destroying a piece of art in an Italian museum by sitting on it before fleeing the ...

A valuable artwork was shattered when a tourist accidentally lost their balance and plonked their full weight down on top of it - and the museum that displays the Van Gogh chair called it a 'nightmare ...

A crystal-covered chair inspired by one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings was seriously damaged when a tourist sat on it while posing for a photograph, according to the Italian museum where ...

Two poorly behaved tourists destroyed an incredibly valuable piece of art known as the “Van Gogh” chair before fleeing the ...

The museum has reported the incident to police and released CCTV footage as a warning to respect art in public spaces.

A tourist was caught crushing a Swarovski crystal chair at Palazzo Maffei museum in Verona, with surveillance footage showing the culprit fleeing after damaging the art.

A tourist couple caused damage to the renowned "Van Gogh Chair," a masterpiece adorned with an array of sparkling crystals, ...

Surveillance footage shows a tourist damaging Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" chair covered in Swarovski crystals at Palazzo Maffei ...

The art piece by Italian artist Nicola Bolla was named the “Van Gogh” chair, as it resembles a chair in one of the legendary Dutch painter’s most famous pieces. The museum described it as an extremely ...

An art exhibit at Palazzo Maffei in Italy – a chair woven together using Swarovski crystals and foil – was damaged when museum visitors pretended to sit on it for photos.

Security footage from the museum shows a man and a woman taking pictures while pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" ...