A boy accidentally destroys $20,000 Lego sculpture on display in China.

Zhao, a teacher from Ningbo City in East China, has spent three days to build his Lego sculpture of Nick Wilde, the highly popular animated fox from this year’s Disney hit, Zootopia. He spent some AU$20,000 (100,000 RMB) and thousands of bricks to build the sculpture as a hobby and it was chosen to be on display at the Lego Expo in Wanda Plaza “” one of many malls belonging to Wanda Group, owned by China’s richest man Wang Jianlin. Zhao said that he had to rush to finish the sculpture in time for the exhibit’s opening.

Reports said that as soon as the Lego sculpture was put on display, about an hour, dozens of children and parents swarmed the 1.8 metre artwork, who wished to take their photograph with the amazing piece, which was placed inside a safety barrier. However, some children ignored the barrier, and one particular five-year-old boy placed his hand on the sculpture while posing for a photo and accidentally pushed it over.

In an instant, Zhao’s incredible artwork was down on the ground of the shopping mall floor, shattered to pieces. Zhao said that he was upset by what happened because he did not expect it to be destroyed so quickly.

“It took a lot of effort building the sculpture, especially the eyes. I had to change it a lot of times,” he said.

The boy’s father reportedly apologised to Zhao after the unfortunate incident, and the teacher accepted it and said he would not be seeking compensation for the loss. “The boy is young, and besides the staff are responsible too for not keeping an eye on the sculpture,” Zhao said.

Reports said that only about one-third of the Lego sculpture was saved and Zhao had glued many of the pieces together to keep them in place.

Source: News.com.au and Abc.net.au