Photo: Palazzo Maffei
A jaw-dropping piece of security footage from an Italian art museum shows the mortifying moment when a clumsy tourist slipped while taking a picture and wound up crushing a crystal-covered chair. The unfortunate incident, which reportedly occurred in April, came to light last week when the Palazzo Maffei in Verona shared the video (seen above) on social media. Lamenting that "every museum's nightmare has become reality," they explained that the couple in the footage were snapping some 'amusing' pictures wherein they posed as if they were about to sit on artist Nicola Bolla's piece 'Van Gogh's Chair' when one of the pair lost his footing and landed atop the priceless piece covered in hundreds of Swarovski crystals.
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