Man breaks into Dallas Museum of Art, damages $5M in art over girlfriend

A gentleman broke into the Dallas Museum of Artwork, harming multiple artifacts, together with a 6th century B.C. black-figure kylix, or drinking cup. Photograph courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Artwork

He then broke a glass screen situation, harmful a 6th century B.C. Greek amphora and a 5th century B.C. Greek box, which collectively had been well worth some $5 million, police explained, citing the museum’s safety and operations director, Kenneth Bennett. Museum Director Agustín Arteaga said, although, the real overall of the two objects could be a lot less than the primary estimate.

Hernandez also broken a 6th century B.C. bowl truly worth $100,000 and a ceramic Caddo effigy bottle worthy of $10,000.

“In addition, much less than a dozen more compact parts that had been in the exact same glass case attacked, may possibly have experienced small damages,” Arteaga claimed.

Museum stability apprehended Hernandez before police arrived and arrested him. Police reported he confessed to the crack-in and damage, and blamed problems with his girlfriend.

“He went by means of other spaces and did not damage any other performs, didn’t touch anything, didn’t have the intention of stealing nearly anything,” Arteaga explained, according to KDFW-Television in Dallas-Fort Worth. “It was just his anger that drove that man or woman to do what it did.”

He reported Hernandez’s girlfriend wasn’t related with the DMA.

“We never have any link that we know of, or that human being, linked to the DMA,” he said.