🔗 Share this article Young Australian Charged for Allegedly Placing Sticker Eyes on ‘Cast in Blue’ Sculpture Authorities mentioned they were unable to remove the eyes without harming the artwork. A teenager from Australia has appeared in court after reportedly defacing a sizable art piece of a legendary being by affixing plastic eyes to it. Amelia Vanderhorst, 19 years old, appeared remotely at the local court in the state of South Australia on Tuesday, facing with one count of damaging property. Officials commented at the moment of the recent event, the municipal authorities explained that surveillance video captured a individual placing artificial eyes on the artwork, which residents have nicknamed the “Blue Blob”. Ms Vanderhorst did not enter a plea and informed the court she was ill, as reported by media sources, with the judge recommending her to find a lawyer before her upcoming hearing in the final month of the year. The damaged sculpture after the stickers were removed. The following day the reported event, the local mayor stated that repairs to the much-loved community sculpture would be costly as the stickers could not be removed without harming the sculpture. “This wilful damage to a cherished community art is inappropriate and disrespectful,” Mayor Lynette Martin said in mid-September. “It is not harmless fun, it is pricey - it is also frustrating to those people of our community who have welcomed Cast in Blue.” The mayor added the local government would seek the “substantial” repair costs from those responsible for the vandalism. When the artwork was first proposed, it drew varied responses from the area residents due to its price tag and appearance. Priced at A$136,000 (eighty-nine thousand US dollars; sixty-eight thousand pounds), the artwork depicts a mythical megafauna, with the creators inspired by an ancient marsupial ant-eater found in local caves that was “massive, lumbering and fascinating”. The sculpture is its formal title but residents called the piece the ‘Blue Blob’.