The Mona Lisa gets smeared in cake by a man dressed as an elderly woman in a wheelchair

Visitors of the Louvre said he threw off his wig and went for the Mona Lisa armed with some sort of cream cake.

Image via Twitter

Art fans in Paris were stunned as an 'old woman' jumped out of her wheelchair to smear cake over the Mona Lisa.

Luckily, the Leonardo da Vinci painting is protected by bulletproof glass.

As one of the most famous works of art in the world, there were plenty of people there to capture the moment.

People immediately took to social media to describe the bizarre event.

Here's how it looked:

Maybe this is just nuts to me?but an man dressed as an old lady jumps out of a wheel chair and attempted to smash the bullet proof glass of the Mona Lisa. Then proceeds to smear cake on the glass, and throws roses everywhere all before being tackled by security. ???? pic.twitter.com/OFXdx9eWcM

— Lukeee? (@lukeXC2002) May 29, 2022

The vandal was quickly tackled by security.

He then began to shout as he was led away by the security officials.

The man began to shout he reasoning for the target.

"Think of the earth, artists think of the earth. All artists think of the earth. That's why I did it," he yelled.