A man broke into the Dallas Museum of Art and smashed ancient Greek artifacts because he was 'mad at his girl.' The damage could be more than $5 million, some experts say:
The Dallas Museum of Art is assessing the damage to several ancient objects after a man reportedly broke into the museum on Wednesday night and smashed them.
The suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Brian Hernandez, who broke in around 10 p.m. because, he told authorities, he was “mad at his girl.” A representative for the Dallas police department confirmed to Artnet News via email that officers “responded to a burglary in progress” at the museum and that the suspect “damaged several ancient artifacts.” Hernandez left the museum and was later located and taken into custody.A total of three ancient Greek artifacts dating to the 5th and 6th centuries B.C.E., were badly damaged, the, citing museum officials.
Arteaga said the items are insured, and have a value of $1 million or more, but said that the actual cost of the destruction will not be known until after an official damage assessment. Other reports put the estimated damage atArteaga also said that the intruder was not trying to steal the objects. “There was no intention, from what we can see, of stealing anything, of damaging any work of art in a deliberate way.
The damaged items include a Greek bowl from the sixth century B.C.E. featuring vignettes of Herakles grappling with the Nemean lion; a red-figure pyxis, or cylindrical container with a lid, from the fifth century B.C.E.; a ceramic amphora from the sixth century B.C.E.; and a ceramic container by a contemporary Native American artist, Arteaga told the
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