High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Accidental damage of art refers to damage or destructions of an artwork as a result of various types of accidents, such as natural disasters, fire, plane crash, a fall and others. Most notable damage accidents occurred during a public exhibit or transportation. In 2000, porters at Sotheby's auction house in London disposed of a box using a crushing machine. They were apparently unaware that the box was not empty but contained a painting by Lucian Freud worth about $157,000. Some contemporary exhibits were damaged as a result of diligence of museum staff who tried to clean up the museum area of what they perceived as a foreign or unclean object. In May 2004, a fire destroyed the Momart warehouse in east London, together with more than 50 works by abstract painter Patrick Heron and other artists.

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