Angry boyfriend broke into art museum and destroyed $5MILLION in art work was ‘mad at his lady’
Texas man breaks into art museum and destroys $5MILLION value of irreplaceable historic Greek artifacts and a Native American ‘effigy bottle’ – telling police he carried out the rampage as a result of he was ‘mad at his lady’
- Brian Hernandez, 21, smashed the entrance door of the Dallas Museum of Art, and then did the identical to as much as $5million value of historic artifacts
- Two of the artifacts have been a pair of historic Greek pots from the sixth century BCE, the pair of which alone may very well be value $5million
- Hernandez referred to as Sep 11 on himself from throughout the museum earlier than he was apprehended by safety, and he confessed his crimes to arresting officers
A person, 21, broke into the an art museum and destroyed $5million value of irreplaceable historic Greek artifacts after a combat with his girlfriend.
Brian Hernandez, 21, was apprehended by safety guards throughout his Wednesday evening rampage at Dallas Museum of Art, Texas.
He later informed Dallas police he is determined to destroy the priceless historic art work as a result of he was ‘mad at his lady.’
Hernandez destroyed at least three historic Greek artifacts that had survived 2,500 years earlier than he got here alongside.
He additionally destroyed a recent Native American piece, a Greek cup from about 540 BCE, and the glass entrance door of the museum.
Early estimates of Hernandez wrath have been $5,153,000.
Brian Hernandez, 21, was apprehended after smashing as much as $5million value of art and historic artifacts contained in the Dallas Museum of Art
Two of the objects destroyed by Hernandez, each courting again to sixth century BCE historic Greece. The pair alone may very well be value as much as $5million
The rampage began at about 9:40pm on Wednesday evening, when Hernandez smashed open the glass entrance door of the museum with a steel chair.
Police say surveillance footage exhibits Hernandez utilizing a stool to smash aside two show instances, and quite a few items of historic art. Two of these items have been a pair of pots valued at $5million collectively.
At one level he picked up a recent piece of Native American ceramic effigy value $10,000 and slammed it to the bottom the place it shattered into items. He additionally massacred an historic Greek cup value $100,000.
‘The objects inside the show instances that have been destroyed are uncommon historic artifacts which might be extraordinarily valuable and certainly one of a form,’ police stated in an affidavit.
Black-figure kylix destroyed by Hernandez value $100,000, courting again to the sixth century BCE
A recent Native American effigy bottle value about $10,000. Security footage exhibits Hernandez lifting the merchandise up and smashing it on the bottom
In addition to the artifacts broken, Hernandez wrought havoc upon a phone, a computer, and a bench.
A safety guard discovered Hernandez on the museum’s principal concourse after a movement detecting sensor went off. When the guard requested Hernandez what he was doing, he stated he responded that ‘he bought mad at his lady so he broke in and began destroying property.’
Police say that Hernandez additionally referred to as Sep 11 on himself from contained in the museum. Police arrived on the scene round 10:10pm.
Hernandez was arrested and confessed his crimes to officers, in response to police.
Museum director Agustín Arteaga stated in a press release on Thursday that the museum is working with insurers to asses the harm, and that the estimate may very well be decrease than the preliminary $5million determine.
‘We anticipate the true complete may very well be a fraction of the unique $5 million estimate’ he stated.
The museum was open on Thursday, whereas a few of the sections Hernandez broken remained closed because the investigation continues.
Dallas police outdoors the Dallas Museum of Art after Hernandez broke in and destroyed the art and artifacts
The smashed glass entrance door of the museum. To the correct, the steel chair that Hernandez started his rampage with
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