According to Just Stop Oil, Monday marked the 24th day of public unrest. Activists had already scaled the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge and thrown tomato soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting at the National Gallery of Art in London during previous demonstrations.
Two Just Stop Oil activists have covered the wax figure of King Charles III at Madame Tussauds with chocolate cake.
The climate campaigners are demanding that all new oil and gas permits and licenses be halted.
Monday morning, Eilidh McFadden, 20, from Glasgow, and Tom Johnson, 29, a painter and decorator from Sunderland, scaled the barrier at the London event and caked the figure.
In a joint statement, the two said: “We are gathered here because we desire to defend our liberties and rights, as well as this lush and peaceful land that is our collective legacy.
“The science is definitive. The demand is simple: cease all new oil and gas production. It is a simple matter.”
Tweeted the Metropolitan Police: “At approximately 10:50 a.m., two individuals threw food at a statue at Madame Tussauds, which prompted us to intervene swiftly.
Both of them were arrested for criminal damage.
The force later verified the arrest of four individuals.
According to Just Stop Oil, Monday marked the 24th day of public unrest.
In past demonstrations, protestors have glued themselves to the famed Abbey Road crossing in London.
Others have climbed 200 feet (60 meters) above the Dartford Crossing on the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, resulting in the closure of the crossing for 36 hours and six-hour delays on much of the M25.
Two demonstrators from Just Stop Oil also splashed tomato soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London.
On Sunday, the organization praised German activists who tossed mashed potatoes over Claude Monet’s Les Meules, which sold for $110 million in 2019.
