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A UK environmental group supporting Palestine attempted to vandalize a work by the world-renowned artist Pablo Picasso worth over 30 billion won.

On the 9th (local time), a group supporting Palestine in the UK committed an act of vandalism by attaching a photo taken in the Gaza Strip onto "Motherhood," a work by the world-renowned Spanish painter Pablo Picasso.
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On the 10th (local time), foreign media including Sky News reported that Picasso's "Motherhood," exhibited at the National Gallery in London, UK, was nearly damaged by a suspicious man and woman the previous morning. According to videos posted on X (formerly Twitter), the man and woman unfolded a photo they brought and stuck it onto "Motherhood." The photo they attached was taken in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, showing a mother crying out while holding her child.

On the 9th (local time), a group supporting Palestine in the UK committed an act of vandalism by attaching a photo taken in the Gaza Strip onto "Motherhood," a work by the world-renowned Spanish painter Pablo Picasso.
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After placing the photo on the painting and pressing it down with his hand, the man was immediately restrained by staff and dragged out. At that moment, he shouted the slogan "Freedom for Palestine." Meanwhile, the woman sat down in front of the painting and poured red paint on the floor. They were arrested and detained by the police.

Picasso's "Motherhood" is a work valued at 24.8 million dollars (approximately 33.46 billion won). Fortunately, it was reported that the painting inside the frame was not damaged, but the museum had to close the exhibition room for a while after the incident.

The man and woman were revealed to be members of the local environmental group "Youth Demand." After posting the video on X that day, the group posted messages supporting Palestine and criticizing the UK government. The group had previously been restrained for writing the phrase "Massacre Meeting" on a window at a Labour Party meeting held in Liverpool last month.

On the 9th (local time), a group supporting Palestine in the UK carried out a terrorist act by throwing red paint at the place where 'Motherhood' by the world-renowned Spanish painter Pablo Picasso was exhibited.
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Recently, protests by such groups have been increasing in the UK. These groups claim that the UK government supports Israel's massacre of Palestinians. In March, protesters tore down a portrait of former British Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour (1848?1930) hanging at Trinity College, Cambridge. Balfour is known as the author of the "Balfour Declaration," which promised the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine and is considered a spark for the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Additionally, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "Mona Lisa," exhibited at the Louvre Museum in Paris, has suffered several attacks by environmental activists, including having soup thrown on it. Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers," housed at the National Gallery in London, was also targeted by environmental activists with soup attacks.