🔗 Share this article Australian Teen Faces Charges for Allegedly Attaching Sticker Eyes on ‘Blue Blob’ Artwork The local council mentioned they were unable to remove the eyes without harming the artwork. A teenager from the Land Down Under has faced legal proceedings after reportedly defacing a sizable blue sculpture of a mythical creature by applying googly eyes to it. The 19-year-old, 19 years old, appeared remotely at the local court in South Australia on Tuesday, charged with one count of property damage. Officials commented at the moment of the September incident, the local council said that surveillance video captured a individual placing artificial eyes on the artwork, which residents have nicknamed the “Cast in Blue”. Ms Vanderhorst made no plea and informed the judge she was ill, as reported by news outlets, with the judge advising her to find a lawyer before her next court date in December. The damaged sculpture after the googly eyes were taken off. The following day the alleged incident, the local mayor stated that repairs to the popular public artwork would be costly as the stickers were impossible to be removed without harming the art piece. “This intentional vandalism to a cherished public artwork is inappropriate and disrespectful,” City of Mount Gambier mayor remarked in mid-September. “It is not harmless fun, it is pricey - it is also disappointing to those people of our community who have welcomed the Blue Blob.” She added the council would seek the “substantial” repair costs from those responsible for the vandalism. When the sculpture was initially suggested, it received varied responses from the local community due to its cost and design. Costing A$136,000 ($89,000; sixty-eight thousand pounds), the sculpture depicts a mythical megafauna, with the creators influenced by an ancient marsupial ant-eater discovered in local caves that was “huge, slow-moving, and intriguing”. The sculpture is its formal title but residents called the artwork the ‘Blue Blob’.