A 230-year-old statue depicting a Roman goddess has been scribbled over with blue crayons, with the culprits believed it to be of a group of children.
The statute of historical significance, sculpted by John Bacon, is located in the gardens of Croome Court, in south Worcestershire. The sculpture, which depicts Roman Naiade, Sabrina, is situated around a mid-18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion with some extensive parkland, reports the Mirror.
Activities packs distributed over the Easter period contain blue crayons which are believed to have been involved, with a memorial to famous landscape architect Lancelot 'Capability' Brown also defaced earlier this month.
