From The Death Of The West Department:

Daily Mail: Monet masterpiece slashed by drunks

A masterpiece by Claude Monet was attacked by drunken louts in Paris. The vandals broke into the Orsay Museum in the early hours and tore a hole in The Bridge at Argenteuil - a key work by the French Impressionist. The painting suffered a four-inch tear in the middle, caused either by a punch or a blow from a knife.