If you want to attract visitors, give them something to look at. In this case, it was a giant Lego figure of Nick Wilde, a character from the extremely popular animated blockbuster and US propaganda tool "Zootopia." Nick was manifested in Lego form by none other than Mr. Zhao, who was assigned to build the figure for an exhibition in Ningbo's Wanda Plaza -- presumably, at the behest of Dalian Wanda boss Wang Jianlin in his mission to "place importance on local culture." 
 
 According to NetEase, Zhao first drafted the image on a computer and following three days of painstaking effort using over 100,000 RMB in Legos, he managed to build a pretty fantastic-looking Nick Wilde. Kudos. Apparently, the eyes were the most difficult part. 
 
 While you might mistake the figure as a toy, it is in fact a professional piece by Zhao that he was quite proud of -- and again was worth over 100,000 RMB. Which makes it all the more heartbreaking to hear that on its first day on display a kid scampered under the rope barrier and toppled it over. 
 
 Zhao wasn't too angry about the incident, saying that a child couldn't really comprehend the cost of such an accident and that the Wanda employees hadn't been careful enough, so they too were partially to blame. Thankfully, the parents of the child did come forward to apologize for the accident, Zhao has refused to accept any compensation. Of course, this is unlike the parents of the two out of control kids who broke a piece of art at a Shanghai museum last month. 
 
 Unfortunately, since the figure was partially sealed with glue, only less than one third of Nick Wilde can be recovered. 
 
 Sigh. Still, we should congratulate Mr. Zhao for single-handedly making such a cool piece, here's looking forward to more cool Lego stuff made in China. 
 
 By Kitty Lai 
 
 [Images via NetEase] ||||| Children might be small in stature, but let's be honest, they can be rather destructive when left to their own devices. 
 
 Such is the case with a young Chinese boy, who single-handedly pushed over a giant fox figurine of Nick from Zootopia on Sunday at the LEGO Expo in Ningbo, China. 
 
 It so happened that it was the first day of the exhibition and the display had been open to the public for no more than an hour when the incident occurred. 
 
 According to Zhao, the artist who spent three days and nights painstakingly piecing together the figurine, the parents were very apologetic over the mishap. 
 
 The LEGO figurine is said to cost more than 100,000 yuan ($15,170). 
 
 The finished $15,000 LEGO figurine did not stay as so for long. 
 
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 Nick stood no chance. 
 
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 Zhao declined compensation as he insisted the child had not meant to break the figurine. The artist went on to post pictures of the broken figurine on his Weibo account, but did not elaborate about what had happened except to say he was heartbroken to see his hard work destroyed. 
 
 Zhao proudly poses with his work before it was destroyed. 
 
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 This LEGO fiasco is a far cry from another incident involving children, which took place on May 17, at the Shanghai Museum of Glass. 
 
 Two young boys were caught on security cameras entering a restricted display area and breaking off the wings of a glass angel sculpture by Chinese artist, Shelly Xue. The boys were chaperoned by two adults who not only stood by and watched the boys wreak havoc, but also whipped out their phones to film the boys. 
 
 After the footage of the glass incident went viral, netizens called for parents to keep their children in check and also for galleries to ban children from entering. 
 
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 Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments. ||||| A man who spent three days and three nights working on a Nick the Fox Lego sculpture was left aghast when his masterwork was pushed over by a little kid – just within an hour after it was first displayed in Beijing. 
 
 It took Mr. Zhao three full days and three full nights to build a 1,8 meter Nick the Fox Lego statue made from over 10,000 Lego bricks. But the sculpture, that was worth over 15.000 US$ (100.000 RMB), was not even displayed an hour before it was pushed over by a 4-year-old kid. 
 
 Mr. Zhao, who works at an educational institution, built the Lego sculpture to attract more visitors to an organized event at Beijing’s Wanda Plaza. As Netease reported on May 30, there was a ‘no touching’ sign, but it did not help. 
 
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 The parent of the child apologized, and Mr. Zhao reportedly said the little kid did not do it on purpose and that he would not ask for any compensation. 
 
 On Sina Weibo, pictures of the Lego wreck was shared hundreds of times. 
 
 Many netizens express their annoyance with these kinds of “little brats” (熊孩子) and the parents who do not teach them good manners. They also applaud Mr. Zhao for being so kind and not demanding any compensation. “If this was me,” one netizen comments: “I would’ve definitely asked for compensation. Not for the money, but to make them remember this incident for a long, long time.” 
 
 Other Weibo users say: “Parents should keep an eye on their little brats!”, and: “I hate these little devils! They cause trouble and do not listen. If it were me, I would’ve slapped him!” 
 
 Perhaps the news is extra upsetting to netizens as it is not the first of its kind. Last week, CCTV reported how an artwork on display at the Shanghai Museum of Glass was destroyed by two little boys while the mother stood by and filmed the incident (see video). 
 
 In 2015, a Taiwanese boy accidently punched a hole in a Paolo Porpora painting worth 1,5 million US$ at a Taipei exhibition after tripping (see video). 
 
 Most Weibo users link the Lego incident to bad upbringing. But there are also some who blame Mr. Zhao’s company, that should have paid better attention to kids not touching the Lego sculpture. Some do see the upside of the incident: “Now he can make something new again.” 
 
 – By Manya Koetse 
 
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 ©2016 Whatsonweibo. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce our content without permission – you can contact us at info@whatsonweibo.com. ||||| It took only a second for a four-year-old Chinese boy to destroy a Zootopia Lego figurine of more than 10,000 bricks built over three days and nights for an exhibition, mainland media report. 
 
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 News posted online about the destruction of the Disney cartoon character, Nick Fox, created for a Children’s Day exhibition on Wednesday at a shopping mall in the city of Ningbo, in Zhejiang province, sparked fevered online debate, the news portal Youth.cn reported. 
 
 More than 60,000 comments and views were generated after the artist, identified only by his surname of Zhao, wrote on his microblog site that he felt depressed and frustrated after his exhibit was pushed over. 
 
 He had worked for three days and night without a break in order to complete the Nick Fox character in time for Wednesday’s deadline. 
 
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 The boy had ignored the “No touching” sign on display beside the exhibit and sent it toppling over only one hour after it went on public show at the mall, the report said. 
 
 However, the artist wrote that he and the exhibition organisers had accepted the apologies of the boy’s parents. 
 
 Most online comments left by people after his post said the child and his parents should be punished, while some other users said the shopping mall should have taken more precautions to protect the exhibit. 
 
 “A kid with bad-behaviour is the result of poor family education,” one person wrote. “They must be fined, otherwise no lesson will be learned.” 
 
 “I went to Hamleys toy shop in London today and there is a floor full of Lego figurines,” another internet user wrote. “No warning signs were put up to tell people not to go to close to the different Lego pieces, but no child has touched them. I really feel ashamed about the poor behaviour of us Chinese.” 
 
 The organiser of the exhibition in Ningbo put up a sign where the Nick Fox character had been standing calling on the public to show greater respect for the artist and for his work. 
 
 It showed pictures of the completed figurine and also the many Lego bricks left scattered on the ground after it was pushed over. 
 
 “Now Nick [Fox] looks like this [with bricks scattered all over the ground]. Aren’t you heartbroken?” the sign said. ||||| A giant figure of a fox called Nick from the film Zootopia was smashed to pieces by a four-year-old Chinese boy only hours after going on display. 
 
 The statue is said to have cost more than 100,000 yuan (£10,382) and taken creator Mr Zhao three days and nights to build. 
 
 He posted before and after photos of Nick on the Sina Weibo social network. 
 
 A "no touching" sign in place at the Chinese Lego expo seems to have been of little help. 
 
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 Following the incident, the hashtag #ManSpends3DaysAndNightsBuildingBlocks has been used over 13,000 times on Chinese social media. 
 
 'The child did not intend to break it' 
 
 According to some reports, the parents of the boy apologised and offered to pay for the damage. Mr Zhao said he would not be accepting any compensation as the young boy had not done it on purpose. "The child did not intend to break it," he insisted. 
 
 Clearly there are risks involved with art installations and paintings that are within touching distance of little (and big) hands. 
 
 Last month CCTV caught two young boys who were seen touching and pulling the delicate angel wings of a piece in the Shanghai Museum of Glass in China. The two adults accompanying them were seen filming the boys on their phones then walking away after the wings were smashed. 
 
 The artist, Shelly Xue, called her work Angel in Waiting. It took 27 months to build as a dedication to her newborn daughter. 
 
 Shelly decided not to fix the damaged piece and instead renamed it Broken. 
 
 Image copyright Instagram et_gloria 
 
 In 2015, a boy visiting a museum in Ipswich accidently smashed an 18th Century jug. 
 
 The Delftware puzzle was broken into about 65 pieces. Each of the pieces was then logged and photographed. The jug was eventually repaired and moved to Ipswich Museum and Art Gallery in the High Street. 
 
 Image copyright Ipswich Borough Council Image caption Each of the 65 pieces of the jug was logged and photographed as part of the repair project 
 
 Image copyright Ipswich Borough Council Image caption A puzzle jug has three spouts - so users have to guess from which water will pour 
 
 It is not just children who are to blame for the accidental destruction of museum pieces. 
 
 In 2006, an adult visitor tripped over his shoelace and destroyed three 300-year-old Chinese Qing Dynasty vases in Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge in the UK. 
 
 Casino Tycoon and art collector Steve Wynn accidently elbowed a painting by Pablo Picasso while trying to sell it in 2006. However, after restoration he was able to sell the painting for $16 million more than its pre-accident price. 
 
 In 2015, cleaners at the Museion museum in Bolzano, Italy decided to clean up what they mistook for the aftermath of a good time had by museum staff. 
 
 The installation called, "Where shall we go dancing tonight?" consisted of empty bottles, confetti, cigarette butts and paper streamers. Cleaners threw objects into bin bags assuming the mess was left over from an actual party. 
 
 Image copyright facebook.com/museion.bozen 
 
 In 2012, an elderly parishioner stunned Spanish cultural officials with an alarming and unauthorised attempt to restore a prized Jesus Christ fresco. 
 
 Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez had held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years. 
 
 Cecilia Gimenez took her brush to it after years of deterioration due to moisture - but her "restoration" rather failed to impress.
– The trouble with "no touching" signs: 4-year-olds can't read them. Such was the situation in Ningbo, China, when on Sunday a boy of that age ducked under the rope encircling a sculpture of Zootopia character Nick Wilde and knocked it over, ruining the $15,000 Lego fox, reports Shanghaiist. It was crafted by a man identified only by his surname of Zhao, who the BBC reports built the piece over the course of three days and nights out of some 10,000 pieces. The "masterwork" hadn't even been on display for a full hour before it was destroyed, reports What's on Weibo. While Zhao reportedly wrote of being "depressed and frustrated" in the words of the South China Morning Post, he noted that he had accepted the family's apology and was not looking for any compensation as the destruction wasn't intentional. But in the annals of history, the child's act will appear second to another May 2016 art mess: Mashable and the BBC report that two boys visiting the Shanghai Museum of Glass on May 17 were filmed breaking the wings off "Angel in Waiting," a glass piece created by Shelly Xue over 27 months. The children were filmed by security cameras—and by the two adults accompanying them, who recorded the boys' actions on cellphones. Last August, a 12-year-old taking a guided tour with his mom at an art exhibit in Taipei tripped next to a painting worth about $1.5 million, putting his fist right through it as he tried to break his fall. He left a large gash in the bottom right of Paolo Porpora's Flowers, an oil on canvas said to be about 350 years old. The painting was said to be the only one signed by Porpora. (A Lego piece caused three years of medical issues for this boy.)