🔗 Share this article Australian Teen Faces Charges for Allegedly Placing Sticker Eyes on ‘Blue Blob’ Sculpture Authorities stated they could not take off the eyes without damaging the artwork. A young person from Australia has faced legal proceedings after allegedly defacing a large art piece of a legendary being by affixing googly eyes to it. The 19-year-old, aged 19, appeared remotely at Mount Gambier Magistrates Court in South Australia on that day, facing with a single charge of damaging property. In a statement at the time of the recent event, the local council said that surveillance video captured a individual placing artificial eyes on the sculpture, which residents have nicknamed the “Cast in Blue”. The accused made no plea and informed the judge she was unwell, according to news outlets, with the judge recommending her to secure a legal representative before her upcoming hearing in December. The affected sculpture after the stickers were taken off. The following day the reported event, the city leader stated that repairs to the much-loved public artwork would be costly as the adhesive eyes were impossible to be removed without damaging the sculpture. “This wilful damage to a valued public artwork is inappropriate and disrespectful,” City of Mount Gambier mayor said in September. “It is not harmless fun, it is pricey - it is also frustrating to those people of our society who have welcomed Cast in Blue.” The mayor added the local government would pursue the “substantial” repair costs from those responsible for the damage. At the time the artwork was first proposed, it drew varied responses from the local community due to its price tag and appearance. Priced at 136,000 Australian dollars ($89,000; sixty-eight thousand pounds), the artwork depicts a mythical megafauna, with the creators influenced by an ancient marsupial ant-eater found in local caves that was “massive, lumbering and fascinating”. The sculpture is its official name but residents called the artwork the ‘Blue Blob’.