The Protesters Gratified And Glued Themselves To The Painting Before Being Hauled Away By Security And Police

Four activists from the environmental action group Just Stop Oil have been arrested at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, after they gratified and glued themselves to a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's iconic painting: The Last Supper.

The Last Supper and it's replicas were created using oil paints, which made it a prime target for Just Stop Oil.

Just Stop Oil revealed the identities of three protesters who were taken away by the Met Police:

Tristan Strange: A 40 year old community organizer from Swindon.

Lucy Porter: A 47 year old from Leeds who'd just lost her teaching job.

Jessica Agar: The youngest of the four protesters aged 21, who's an art student from Hereford.

The fourth protester hasn't been identified by Just Stop Oil or the Met.

They sprayed the message: “No New Oil” below the replica, before gluing themselves to the 20ft copy of da Vinci's work dating from 1520, worth around £375 Million ($450 Million).

The original Last Supper is located in the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.

And the only other official copy of the painting is in Switzerland.

The copies were approved for creation by the Catholic Church in the early 1500s, in order to spread the message of both Jesus Christ and da Vinci across Europe.

The stunt came just a day after fellow Just Stop Oil activists glued themselves to The Hay Wain by John Constable, in the National Gallery a mere five blocks away.

One of the protesters, Lucy Porter, stated that: “We have no time left, to say we do is a lie.

We must halt all new oil and gas right now, we will stop desecrating art galleries, museums, and institutions as soon as the government makes a meaningful statement to do so.

Until then, the disruption will continue so that young people know we are doing all we can for them.

As a former teacher, there is nothing I would rather be doing”.