The vandal will have to pay for the necessary restoration work to remove the graffiti from the ancient wall.

The Iron Hill Museum has been facing vandalism and harassment over the last three years.

The 64-year-old war veteran must undergo psychiatric evaluation and serve "compulsory labor."

Toronto's police department said that a man was seen last week spray painting the graffiti at the front of the sculpture.

The painting's protective bullet-proof glass case prevented any harm.

A museum is currently seeking to restore the work, though its director cast doubt on whether doing so would be possible.

The painting is by Anna Leporskaya, who holds a special place in Russian art history.

The carvings date back multiple millennia.

The museum has said the damage to the canvas, from 1830, is superficial and that the work should be easily cleaned, according to L'Express. It was hanging in the Louvre Museum's recently opened…