Independent Co UK
By Helen Coffee
September 14, 2023
An Irish tourist has broken a historic statue in Belgium just one day after it was unveiled to the public following a £15,000 restoration.
The unnamed man was arrested after snapping off part of the hand bearing a torch on the monument in front of the newly reopened Brussels Stock Exchange, reports Belgian outlet VRT NWS.
The building, now home to the new Belgian Beer World experience, had reopened the day before, on Saturday 9 September, after undergoing major renovation work that cost £77m in total.