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Asian Artefacts Defaced at Museum and Buddhist Temple in Victoria

Police are looking for two alleged offenders who damaged artwork and sculptures with a oil-like substance across two locations in and around Bendigo.
Asian Artefacts Defaced at Museum and Buddhist Temple in Victoria
A supplied diptych obtained and generated on May 14, 2024, shows sculptures (L) and artworks (R) that were defaced at Bendigo's Golden Dragon Museum in regional Victoria on Sunday, May 5, 2023. AAP Image/Supplied by Golden Dragon Museum
Jim Birchall
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In an act described as “senseless and disgraceful” by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, two vandals have been caught on CCTV defacing paintings, statues, and artefacts at a Chinese Museum in Victoria on May 5.

An unnamed man and woman allegedly defaced $100,000 (US$66,400) worth of art at Bendigo’s Golden Dragon Museum by spreading an oily liquid on paintings, parading dragons, and temple artefacts.

Jim Birchall
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Jim Birchall has written and edited for several regional New Zealand publications. He was most recently the editor of the Hauraki Coromandel Post.