In this artwork, how is the Explosion attempt (2010) of the Controversies elucidated?
There was an attempt to explode the sculpture with a gas bottle at midnight between 9 and 10 May 2010. The police investigated the matter as serious attempted vandalism. In May 2016, a prisoner serving a sentence from a different crime confessed to the explosion attempt, and charges were brought against him. In May 2017 the court of appeal of Eastern Finland sentenced the perpetrator to two years in prison without parole. The court of appeal shortened the sentence originally given by the district court by eight months, as it saw the perpetrator had helped in investigating the crime.
Finland sculpture