🔗 Share this article Young Australian Faces Charges for Supposedly Attaching Sticker Eyes on ‘Cast in Blue’ Sculpture Authorities stated they were unable to take off the eyes without harming the artwork. A young person from Australia has faced legal proceedings after allegedly defacing a sizable blue sculpture of a mythical creature by applying plastic eyes to it. Amelia Vanderhorst, 19 years old, appeared via phone at the local court in South Australia on that day, facing with one count of property damage. In a statement at the time of the September incident, the local council explained that surveillance video captured a person putting artificial eyes on the sculpture, which locals have dubbed the “Blue Blob”. The accused did not enter a plea and told the court she was unwell, according to media sources, with the judge recommending her to find a lawyer before her upcoming hearing in December. The damaged sculpture following the stickers were taken off. A day after the reported event, the city leader stated that repairs to the much-loved community sculpture would be costly as the stickers were impossible to be removed without harming the sculpture. “This wilful damage to a cherished community art is unacceptable and disrespectful,” City of Mount Gambier mayor remarked in September. “It is not harmless fun, it is pricey - it is also disappointing to those people of our society who have welcomed Cast in Blue.” The mayor added the council would seek the “substantial” restoration expenses from those accountable for the vandalism. At the time the sculpture was first proposed, it received mixed reactions from the local community due to its price tag and design. Costing 136,000 Australian dollars ($89,000; sixty-eight thousand pounds), the sculpture represents a mythical megafauna, with the sculpture’s designers influenced by an prehistoric marsupial ant-eater discovered in nearby caverns that was “massive, lumbering and fascinating”. The sculpture is its official name but residents called the artwork the ‘Blue Blob’.