![Preservation experts clean the graffiti on the walls of the Gyeongbok Palace on Saturday. [NEWS1]](https://undergroundartreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/c0dae760-4884-4a46-a901-9ba14b5c4227.jpg)
Preservation experts clean the graffiti on the walls of the Gyeongbok Palace on Saturday. [NEWS1]
The suspect who most recently vandalized the left wall of Yeongchumun, the western gate of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, turned themselves in on Monday.
The person confessed to having spray painted the graffiti on the wall on Sunday night, copying the crime committed the night before.
A fresh set of graffiti was found on the already-vandalized walls of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul on Sunday, adding to the 44-meter (144-foot) span of graffiti that had been spray painted on the wall the night before, according to police reports.
A bus driver driving past the area reported the second incidence to the police on Sunday night.
The police said after analyzing security camera footage that they saw a suspect spray painting the left wall of the Yeongchumun, the palace’s west gate, at around 10:20 p.m. on Sunday.
The graffiti found on Saturday was spray painted in Korean with red and blue paint. The words “free movie” in Korean and a web address to an apparent illegal streaming website were spray-painted multiple times.
The police are still tracking down the suspects of Saturday’s vandalism.
BY YIM SEUNG-HYE [yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr]