A man accused of putting his fist through a Claude Monet painting told gardaí he had done “nothing wrong” and had “nothing to hide.”

A man who claims he collapsed into a €10m painting by Claude Monet had a quadruple heart bypass a year later, his trial has heard.

A man accused of putting his fist through a €10m Claude Monet painting shouted afterwards “it was an accident”, his trial has heard.