‘Jaw-dropping’: Man disguised as woman in wheelchair hurls cake at Mona Lisa

The perpetrator, wearing a wig and lipstick, called on people to “think of the Earth” as they were led from the scene.

The activist punched the Mona Lisa’s protective glass before smearing it with the cake (@lukeXC2002/Twitter)

A man disguised as an elderly woman in a wheelchair has thrown cake at the Mona Lisa, in a moment described as “jaw-dropping” by witnesses.

Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting was unharmed in the incident at the Louvre in Paris on Sunday, as the attack left a smear of white cream across its protective glass.