"The sculpture, a bronze cast of Paul Dubois's original 19th-century rendition of the national heroine, depicts an armored Joan of Arc on horseback, holding her famous sword in the air."
""violently shaking the horse, before climbing the statue and breaking the sword with a snap using his bare hands.""
"Though the sword was recovered after the man's arrest, it remains to be seen whether the bronze weapon can be repaired or if it must be identically reproduced."
"The suspect will undergo a behavioral assessment, and the 8th arrondissement has filed a complaint in light of the incident, reports say."
A man was arrested in Paris after breaking off and stealing the sword from an equestrian sculpture of Joan of Arc at Place Saint-Augustin in the 8th arrondissement. The bronze cast is Paul Dubois's 19th-century rendition depicting an armored Joan on horseback holding her sword aloft. CCTV footage shows the man violently shaking the horse, then climbing the statue and breaking the sword with a snap using his bare hands. The suspect fled with the broken sword pieces until a passing police patrol stopped him and recovered the weapon. Authorities will assess the suspect's behavior and the recovered bronze sword may need identical reproduction if irreparable.
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