Moment Irish tourist damages statue outside Brussels Stock Exchange the day after it was unveiled

Moment Irish tourist damages statue outside Brussels Stock Exchange the day after it was unveiled following £15,000 restoration

An Irishman has been arrested in Brussels after breaking the arm off a newly-restored statue outside the city's Stock Exchange. The city centre building, known as the Bourse, was reopened just the day before following a three-year restoration project costing £77million.Shocking video taken of the incident on Sunday shows the man, who appears to be drunk, climbing up the statue. Astonished crowds watched as he clambered onto the sculpture, which depicts a lion and a man holding a torch and is one of two which flank the entrance. As he goes to dismount the artwork, he grabs onto it to steady himself, snapping the arm of the man off as he jumps to the ground.