The frame was from the 18th Century and was worth about £20,000
Just Stop Oil protester Emily Brocklebank arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, charged with criminal damage to the frame of Vincent Van Gogh's 1888 work Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London after throwing soup over it during a protest. Giving evidence, McKechnie had argued:"I believe that a completely logical person who is not a psychopath who owns a painting of this value by Vincent Van Gogh would have respected the artist's wishes.
Mr Bryan said in response:"Van Gogh may have agreed with your actions but we don't know because we can't ask him." Mr Bryan said:"They waited until the coast was clear, when the gallery attendants looked away or were perhaps distracted by another member of the group." She said:"There were concerns over how much of the glue had seeped into the frame and the painting itself."There were also worries about the solvent used by police to remove the activists, the court heard. Ms Serries said the frame, worth around £20,000, dates back to the 18th century.
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