🔗 Share this article Young Australian Charged for Supposedly Attaching Googly Eyes on ‘Blue Blob’ Sculpture The local council mentioned they could not remove the eyes without harming the artwork. A young person from the Land Down Under has faced legal proceedings after reportedly vandalizing a sizable art piece of a mythical creature by affixing googly eyes to it. The 19-year-old, 19 years old, participated via phone at Mount Gambier Magistrates Court in South Australia on that day, facing with one count of property damage. In a statement at the moment of the recent event, the local council explained that CCTV footage captured a person putting artificial eyes on the sculpture, which locals have dubbed the “Blue Blob”. The accused did not enter a plea and informed the judge she was ill, according to news outlets, with the magistrate advising her to secure a lawyer before her next court date in the final month of the year. The damaged sculpture after the stickers were taken off. A day after the reported event, the local mayor stated that repairs to the popular community sculpture would be costly as the adhesive eyes were impossible to be detached without harming the art piece. “This intentional vandalism to a valued community art is unacceptable and disrespectful,” Mayor Lynette Martin remarked in September. “It is not innocent amusement, it is costly - it is also disappointing to those people of our community who have welcomed Cast in Blue.” She said the council would pursue the “substantial” restoration expenses from those responsible for the vandalism. At the time the sculpture was first proposed, it drew varied responses from the local community due to its price tag and appearance. Priced at A$136,000 (eighty-nine thousand US dollars; £68,000), the sculpture represents a mythical megafauna, with the creators inspired by an ancient marsupial ant-eater discovered in local caves that was “huge, slow-moving, and intriguing”. Cast in Blue is its formal title but residents called the piece the ‘Blue Blob’.