$1.5 Million? The painting looks like a paint spill at Home Depot.
That may be. HOwever it was still property that belonged to the museum not this boy who chose to put his gum on it. Why didn't he put his gum in his OWN pocket? Perhaps in his hair or on his dad's car or on his mom's china? Why, why, why? He put it on the painting cause he wanted to and becuase he probably thought he would get a laugh. That's why. Whether or not the painting is worth a dollor or a million it was not the boys to destroy. Period!