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.

The chair, which was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s 1888 painting Van Gogh’s Chair, is covered with thousands of Swarovski crystals. The museum has not released its estimated value.

The incident occurred in April at Palazzo Maffei, where the chair—nicknamed the “Van Gogh chair” and covered in hundreds of glittering Swarovski crystals—was on display.

A selfish tourist in Italy sat on a chair honoring Van Gogh that was adorned with thousand of Swarovski crystals, crushing the precious work of art.

A couple was caught on camera damaging a Swarovski crystal-covered chair artwork inspired by Van Gogh at Palazzo Maffei in Verona. The man sat on the delicate piece, causing it to collapse under ...

A couple destroyed a chair coated in crystals, known as the "Van Gogh" chair, at an Italian museum before video shows them fleeing the scene. Footage captured by the museum, Palazzo Maffei ...

A visitor taking a photo at the Palazzo Maffei crushed an Swarovski Crystal-covered sculpture by Nicola Bolla, known as Van Gogh Chair.

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 ...