Two pranksters managed to sneak a fake painting into the Louvre just weeks after a $102 million heist there \u2014 getting past security simply by using a Lego frame.<\/p>\n
Neal Remmerie and Senne Haverbeke filmed themselves <\/a>bringing in the fake painting through security \u2014 then putting it in the same room as Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa.<\/p>\n The Belgian duo showed how they built the frame from Lego bricks, which did not set off the famous museum\u2019s metal detectors. Once in, they put in a joky oil painting portrait of them together, which they got in by keeping rolled up.<\/p>\n Belgian pranksters snuck their own portrait into the Louvre and installed it. NX<\/p>\n The pair hung their painting in the same room as the Mona Lisa. NX<\/p>\n \u201cWe arrived an hour before closing time, but visitors had to leave the room half an hour later. We hung the canvas in a hurry,\u201d Haverbeke explained in the video in Flemish.<\/p>\n He smiled as the picture was displayed in the Salle des Etats gallery, close to the Mona Lisa, even after the recent security scare there.<\/p>\n \u201cWe knew it was risky. Once we hung up the painting, we left immediately. We didn\u2019t want to provoke security or wait for their reaction,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The painting was displayed for less than three minutes before it was removed, a museum rep told the Brussels Times <\/a>\u2014 while stressing that its lawyers were still considering possible legal action..<\/p>\n The stunt comes just a month after thieves made off with $102 million worth of precious jewels from the Louvre.<\/p>\n