🔗 Share this article Australian Teen Faces Charges for Allegedly Attaching Googly Eyes on ‘Blue Blob’ Artwork The local council stated they were unable to take off the eyes without damaging the artwork. A teenager from the Land Down Under has appeared in court after reportedly vandalizing a sizable blue sculpture of a legendary being by affixing googly eyes to it. Amelia Vanderhorst, aged 19, participated via phone at the local court in the state of South Australia on Tuesday, facing with one count of property damage. In a statement at the moment of the September incident, the local council explained that surveillance video captured a individual putting fake eyes on the artwork, which residents have dubbed the “Blue Blob”. The accused made no plea and told the judge she was unwell, according to news outlets, with the judge advising her to find a legal representative before her upcoming hearing in the final month of the year. The damaged sculpture after the stickers were removed. A day after the reported event, the city leader said that repairs to the popular community sculpture would be costly as the stickers were impossible to be removed without damaging the art piece. “This wilful damage to a cherished public artwork is inappropriate and disrespectful,” Mayor Lynette Martin said in mid-September. “It is not harmless fun, it is pricey - it is also frustrating to those members of our community who have welcomed the Blue Blob.” The mayor added the council would pursue the “substantial” restoration expenses from those accountable for the damage. When the sculpture was first proposed, it received mixed reactions from the area residents due to its price tag and design. Priced at A$136,000 ($89,000; sixty-eight thousand pounds), the artwork depicts a mythical megafauna, with the creators inspired by an ancient anteater-like marsupial discovered in local caves that was “huge, slow-moving, and intriguing”. Cast in Blue is its official name but locals called the piece the ‘Blue Blob’.