British police have arrested two environmental protesters suspected of spraying orange paint on the Stonehenge monument in southern England.
The prehistoric monument near the city of Salisbury is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Just Stop Oil, an organization that campaigns against fossil fuel use, posted a video on social media on Wednesday showing two of its members running toward the monument and spraying large amounts of what appeared to be orange paint. The footage showed people yelling and trying to stop the pair.
Police arrested the two activists on the spot. The group claimed it used orange corn flour and said it would “soon wash away with the rain.”
As next month’s general election nears, the group is demanding that the next government sign a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.
This is the latest in a series of similar vandalism stunts by the group, including splashing tomato soup on one of Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” paintings at the National Gallery in London.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, “This is a disgraceful act of vandalism to one of the UK’s and the world’s oldest and most important monuments.”