Art lovers visiting the famous Lourve Museum in Paris were in for a shock on Sunday as a man, dressed as an old woman, jumped out of a wheelchair and smeared cake on Leonardo Da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting.

Watch: Man disguised as old lady smears cake on Mona Lisa painting

The Louvre museum in Paris - home to the Mona Lisa and other world famous works of art - suffered a 72 percent drop in visitors in 2020 compared to 2019, as a result of the COVID crisis.

Paris' Louvre museum visitors fell by three quarters in 2020 due to COVID crisis

The Louvre in Paris, the world's most visited museum, turned tourists away on Sunday after staff refused to work because of coronavirus fears, unions and management said.

Paris's Louvre museum closes over staff coronavirus fears

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Watch: Man disguised as old lady smears cake on Mona Lisa painting

Paris' Louvre museum visitors fell by three quarters in 2020 due to COVID crisis

Paris's Louvre museum closes over staff coronavirus fears