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A young person from Australia has faced legal proceedings after allegedly vandalizing a sizable blue sculpture of a mythical creature by affixing googly eyes to it.

The 19-year-old, 19 years old, participated remotely at the local court in South Australia on that day, facing with one count of damaging property.

In a statement at the moment of the September incident, the municipal authorities said that surveillance video showed a person putting fake eyes on the sculpture, which locals have nicknamed the “Blue Blob”.

The accused made no plea and told the judge she was ill, according to media sources, with the judge advising her to secure a legal representative before her next court date in the final month of the year.

A day after the reported event, the local mayor stated that repairs to the popular public artwork would be costly as the adhesive eyes could not be detached without damaging the art piece.

“This wilful damage to a cherished public artwork is inappropriate and disrespectful,” City of Mount Gambier mayor remarked in mid-September. “It is not innocent amusement, it is pricey - it is also disappointing to those people of our community who have welcomed the Blue Blob.”

The mayor said the local government would seek the “substantial” repair costs from those accountable for the damage.

At the time the sculpture was initially suggested, it received varied responses from the local community due to its cost and appearance.

Priced at 136,000 Australian dollars (eighty-nine thousand US dollars; sixty-eight thousand pounds), the artwork represents a mythical megafauna, with the creators influenced by an prehistoric anteater-like marsupial found in local caves that was “huge, slow-moving, and intriguing”.