Fossil fuel protesters charged after tomato soup thrown on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' in London gallery - CNN

Two anti-fossil substance protesters who were filmed throwing herb crockery connected Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" successful a London assemblage Friday person been charged with transgression harm offenses.

The 2 young women from the run radical Just Stop Oil threw the contents of 2 tins of Heinz herb crockery implicit the painting, which, the radical said, has an estimated worth of $84.2 million.

They past glued themselves to the partition beneath the coating astatine the National Gallery. In a statement posted connected Twitter Friday, the assemblage confirmed the incidental successful Room 43, wherever "Sunflowers" was displayed, and gave an update connected its condition.

"There is immoderate insignificant harm to the framework but the coating is unharmed," it said. In a subsequent tweet, the assemblage explained that the coating was glazed and truthful protected.

A 3rd subordinate was besides charged implicit a abstracted onslaught connected the iconic "New Scotland Yard" motion that stands extracurricular London's main constabulary headquarters, the Metropolitan Police said.

The 3 radical are each associated with Just Stop Oil, which represents a conjugation of groups moving unneurotic to halt the UK authorities from committing to caller licenses concerning the exploration, improvement and accumulation of fossil fuels.

A full of 28 arrests were made successful narration to protests successful cardinal London connected Friday. The 25 different radical person been bailed pending further enquiries, according to the statement.

Friday's incidental is the latest successful a bid of protests targeting celebrated works of creation successful a bid to gully attraction to the relation of fossil fuels successful clime change. In July, members of Just Stop Oil glued themselves to a transcript of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" astatine the Royal Academy of Art successful London.

The aforesaid month, activists from the radical glued themselves to a masterpiece held successful the National Gallery, portion members of an Italian clime activistic enactment glued themselves to Botticelli's "Primavera" successful Florence.

On Sunday, clime activists from Extinction Rebellion were arrested for gluing themselves to Picasso's "Massacre successful Korea" astatine the National Gallery of Victoria successful Melbourne.

According to a statement, Just Stop Oil timed Friday's enactment "to coincide with the planned motorboat of a caller circular of lipid and state licensing" successful the UK.