I Was Stunned To Learn Why His $15,000 Lego Sculpture Was Destroyed In Seconds
#1 A Chinese artist had stayed up for three days making the sculpture of Nick Wilde from Zootopia.
#2 He said in a social media post on May 29 that,
he felt frustrated at the unfortunate event which occurred during a LEGO exhibition in the city of Ningbo.
#3 Artist is devastated after a LEGO sculpture he had worked tirelessly on was destroyed by a child in the first hour of a new exhibition.
#4 The sculpture, which consisted of around 10,000 LEGO bricks, is valued at 100,000 Yuan (£10,000).
The man said: 'An hour after the exhibition opened, a boy aged four to five pushed Nick and he fell to the ground and smashed into pieces.'
The artist, named as Mr Zhao by Chinese media, said he had worked non-stop for three days in order to meet the deadline of the exhibition.
#5 Mr Zhao said all sculptures at the exhibition were separated from the visitors by ropes,
but children were allowed to take pictures with them one by one.
He said a 'no touching' sign had been placed near the artwork.
The father of the child had reportedly apologised to the artist.
Mr Zhao declined financial compensation as he told media 'the child didn't do it deliberate'.
#6 Mr Zhao modelled his work after Nick Wilde, a fox from popular Disney animation Zootopia
The incident has sparked an outcry on Weibo.
The artist's post has gathered more than 41,800 shares and 19,500 comments.
#7 One user named 'nm shuo jie ai chi shi' wrote:
'I have made a very small LEGO model and it took me four hours. I felt so bad for you.'
Another user 'Verix' said: 'Your work was fantastic. I can't imagine the pain you must have experienced while seeing the scene.'
#8 Some users think the parents of the child should give him severe punishment.
'Daniel_sui feng jun' said: 'It was the father's fault not to teach.'
'Fu zi zhi xi' wrote: 'If he were my child, I would have beaten him so hard.'
'ALfaX' commented: 'You should have insisted that the parents compensate. Only this way would they know how to educate their child.'
Yesterday Mr Zhao posted a followed-up message to thank all the Weibo users.
The post read: 'I thank everybody's concern... I have known many LEGO lovers through this incident and I am moved.'
The note went on saying: 'Nobody wants to see this happen.
'If the parents could draw a lesson from this and learn how to teach their child, then it's worth it. '
