🔗 Share this article Young Australian Charged for Supposedly Attaching Googly Eyes on ‘Blue Blob’ Sculpture The local council mentioned they were unable to take off the eyes without damaging the artwork. A young person from Australia has appeared in court after allegedly defacing a sizable blue sculpture of a mythical creature by applying plastic eyes to it. The 19-year-old, aged 19, appeared remotely at Mount Gambier Magistrates Court in the state of South Australia on Tuesday, facing with a single charge of property damage. In a statement at the moment of the September incident, the local council explained that CCTV footage captured a individual placing fake eyes on the sculpture, which residents have dubbed the “Blue Blob”. The accused did not enter a plea and informed the judge she was unwell, as reported by news outlets, with the judge advising her to find a lawyer before her next court date in the final month of the year. The damaged sculpture following the googly eyes were taken off. A day after the reported event, the local mayor stated that restoration to the popular public artwork would be costly as the stickers were impossible to be detached without harming the sculpture. “This wilful damage to a valued community art is inappropriate and disrespectful,” Mayor Lynette Martin remarked in September. “It is not harmless fun, it is costly - it is also disappointing to those people of our society who have embraced the Blue Blob.” The mayor added the council would pursue the “significant” repair costs from those accountable for the vandalism. When the artwork was first proposed, it drew varied responses from the area residents due to its price tag and appearance. Costing A$136,000 (eighty-nine thousand US dollars; £68,000), the artwork represents a legendary giant animal, with the sculpture’s designers influenced by an ancient anteater-like marsupial found in local caves that was “massive, lumbering and fascinating”. Cast in Blue is its official name but residents nicknamed the artwork the ‘Blue Blob’.