VIDEO: Protesters throw soup on Mona Lisa painting

Two protesters have thrown soup at the glass-protected Mona Lisa painting in Paris, BBC reported.

The 500-year-old 16th-century painting by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world's most famous artworks and is held at the Louvre in Paris.

It’s been put behind a bulletproof safety glass to protect it from attacks that have occurred multiple times since its first display in the Louvre.

In the video, which is quickly garnering views and is being shared across all social media, two female protesters can be seen throwing soup over the painting and demanding the right to "healthy and sustainable food," saying: "Our agricultural system is sick."

The French capital has seen protests by farmers in recent days, calling for an end to rising fuel costs and for regulations to be simplified — on Friday they blocked key roads in and out of Paris.

The Mona Lisa has been behind safety glass since the early 1950s when it was damaged by a visitor who poured acid on it.

In 2019, the museum said it had installed a more transparent form of bulletproof glass to protect it.

In 2022, an activist threw cake at the painting. , urging people to "think of the Earth."

This isn’t the only art painting that has been tarnished by protestors time and time again, in recent times, activists have attacked several paintings.

Such as the 2022 incident when two climate activists threw tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers", placed at the National Gallery in London, valued at around $81 million.

The protesters also glued their hands to the wall, but again, protective glass prevented any permanent damage to the painting.