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On Friday, anti-fossil fuel activists spilled soup over a glass-covered painting of Vincent van Gogh's
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"Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery, but the artwork was unharmed.
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Activists allegedly put two cans of tomato soup over the oil painting, one of the Dutch artist's most recognizable pieces,
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according to the group Just Stop Oil, which wants the British government to block new oil and gas projects.
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Additionally, the two protesters used glue to adhere to the gallery wall.
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The glass that was above the painting and its gilded frame was covered in soup splatters.
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The picture is undamaged, but there is some slight frame damage, according to the gallery. On Friday afternoon,
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it was cleaned and placed back in the exhibit.
"Specialist officers have now un-glued them and they have been taken into custody to a
central London police station," the force said in a statement.
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