Selfie destruction: Idiotic student snaps leg off valuable 19th century statue after sitting on its knee to take a picture of himself



Witnesses saw 'foreign student' on the Drunken Satyr statue in Milan

Staff at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera found it broken on Tuesday

Statue is an early 19th century copy of an ancient Greek masterpiece



The real thing, which dates back to 220BC, was discovered in Rome in 1624



It depicts a follower of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, passed out drunk

A student snapped the leg off a valuable early 19th century sculpture by attempting to take a selfie while sitting on its knee.



The Drunken Satyr statue at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, Italy, depicts a follower of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, passed out in a drunken stupor.

But it is now literally legless after the unknown vandal broke off its left limb while reportedly trying to take a picture of himself.

Vandalism: A student destroyed this valuable early 19th century statue by trying to take a 'selfie' picture while sitting on its knee

Replica: The broken statue, right, is a copy of an ancient Greek masterpiece depicting a Satyr, or follower of Dionysus the Greek god of wine, passed out in a drunken stupour

Mercifully the statue, while still valuable, is an early 19th century copy of an ancient Greek masterpiece which was discovered in Rome around 400 years ago.

The real thing, which is thought to date to around 220 BC, remains safe and sound at the Glyptothek museum in Munich, Germany.

The copy is located in the academy’s hallway which leads to a room containing valuable sculptures from that era.



Due to what was described as a technical problem the incident was not caught on security camera, but witnesses say the saw a student, who they believed to be foreign, clambering onto it to take a picture.

The Drunken Satyr statue at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, Italy, depicts a human figure with animal features passed out in a drunken stupor

Staff arrived at the museum on Tuesday morning to discover the statue broken. Witnesses described seeing a foreign student trying to climb on top of it

Scene: The broken statue is located in the academy's hallway which leads to a room containing valuable sculptures from the 19th century

The 'Drunken Satyr', which is also known as the 'Barberini Faun' is an ancient Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era.

Satyrs were followers of the god Dionysus the Greek god of wine. They are described as male woodland spirits with animal features and are often shown with a goat-like tail, hooves, ears, or horns.



The figure is portrayed lying on a rock in an obvious state of intoxication. It was was discovered in the ditches of the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome around 1624.

