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Tristan Kirk

Tomato soup acted 'like paint stripper' in Just Stop Oil Van Gogh protest

Tomato soup “acted like paint stripper” on the antique frame of Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers when it was hurled at the masterpiece in a Just Stop Oil protest, a court has heard.

Eco-activists Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer are accused of emptying the contents of two cans of soup onto the front of the artwork as it hung in London’s National Gallery.

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