In Taiwan a 12-year old boy taking a guided tour with his mom at an art exhibit in tripped next to a painting worth about $1.5 million, and put his fist right through it while trying to break his fall.

He left a large gash in the bottom right of Paolo Porpora's Flowers, an oil on canvas said to be about 350 years old.

There were between 200 and 300 visitors at the exhibit when the mishap occurred. Video footage shows the boy strolling past the ropes that separate the painting from the public until he loses his balance and falls over the ropes and into the painting.

He appears stunned, looking for reaction from other spectators until he walks away with a woman who appears to be a museum worker.

The exhibit organizer, however, isn't going to make the boy's family pay for the damages as the painting, the only one signed by Porpora, is insured.

Sources: Focus Taiwan, Radio Online

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