The couple, who was not identified, fled the scene at the Palazzo Maffei museum in Italy after the chair broke. See the video.

The artwork by Italian artist Nicola Bolla is known as “Van Gogh’s Chair” and is adorned with hundreds of Swarovski crystals. It is a tribute to the painting of a chair created by the renowned Dutch artist.

Museum officials in Italy shared a stern warning to guests after surveillance video captured a man broke a piece of artwork by sitting on it.