A MAN seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum in France and shouted at people to think of Earth on Sunday. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Monday that the 36-year-old man was detained following the incident and sent to a police psychiatric unit. An investigation has been opened into the damage of cultural artifacts. Videos posted on social media showed a young man in a wig and lipstick who had arrived in a wheelchair. The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum to slack-jawed guests. The cake attack left a conspicuous white creamy smear on the bulletproof glass covering the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t damaged. Security guards were filmed escorting the wig-wearing man away as he called out to the surprised visitors in the gallery: “Think of Earth! There are people who are destroying Earth! Think about it. Artists tell you: Think of Earth. That’s why I did this.” Guards were then filmed cleaning the cake from the glass. A Louvre statement confirmed the attack on the artwork involving a “patisserie.” The 16th-century Renaissance masterpiece was damaged in an acid attack perpetrated by a vandal in the 1950s, and has since been kept behind glass. In 2009, a Russian woman who was angry at not being able to get French citizenship threw a ceramic cup at it, smashing the cup but not harming the glass and the painting.(SD-Agencies) | 