Climate activist smears cake over the Mona Lisa

In an apparent climate-related publicity stunt, a man disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair smeared cake across the glass protecting the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th-century masterpiece in the Louvre Museum.

Inside the famed Paris museum over the weekend, the man–who was wearing a wig and has yet to be identified–sprung up from his wheelchair and hurled himself towards the painting. He first tried to smash the bulletproof glass encasing the Mona Lisa, then proceeded to smear cake across the surface and throw roses all around him before being tackled by security. During the attack, the man called out, “Think of the Earth!”

Museum-goers filmed as the man was escorted out of the Louvre, and several videos of the incident were posted to social media. Museum staff were quick to wipe the cream off the glass, but not before the man took the opportunity to tell onlookers, “There are people who are destroying the Earth. Think about it. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That’s why I did this.”