Thread: Drunk British tourist allegedly destroys prized albino buffalo sculpture in Bangkok

A drunk, British tourist allegedly destroyed a giant albino buffalo sculpture exhibited in the Sam Yan area of Bangkok at the weekend.

At 2am on Saturday, a group of drunk British and German tourists passed by the Bangkok Art Biennale 2022 art exhibition outside Samyan Mitrtown in Bangkok.

This year, the concept of the exhibition is “CHAOS: CALM” and features more than 200 pieces of work from 73 Thai artists and foreign artists of 31 nationalities.


One impressive piece exhibited in the outdoor display was “Kwai: Calm” (Buffalo: Calm) by Thai artist Maitree Siriboon.


A drunk British tourist, 34 year old Joshua Antoni Burgoyne, attempted to mount the four-metre-tall buffalo sculpture. On his second attempt, the artwork collapsed into pieces. The incident was captured by CCTV cameras.


Police took the drunken Englishman and his friends to the police station, where he allegedly showed no remorse for destroying the artwork and refused to pay for the damages.


The destroyed albino buffalo remains on display, but rather now falls under the “chaos” element of this year’s theme, rather than “calm” as intended. The buffalo lies on its side, and its passenger is in tatters on the ground.

Professor Apinan Poshyanada, who was involved in organising the exhibition, posted a message on Facebook on Saturday…


“It is saddening to say that the Kwai Calm artwork by Maitree Siriboon at Samyan Midtown, that is admired by tourists and art lovers alike, has been destroyed by a group of English and German tourists at 2am.”

Albino water buffaloes are rare and are considered very auspicious animals in Thailand.


In March, an albino water buffalo named Duangphet sold for a whopping 2.5 million baht at the 10th Uthai Thani Buffalo Festival.


The new owners, Chaiyong and Amarin, said they bought the albino buffalo for breeding to help expand the numbers of this special animal.


Duangphet’s previous owners had received even higher offers for the genetically-recessive water buffalo but chose Chaiyong and Amarin because of their good intentions.

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a nice long spell in chokey for this tool

IMO the artist who created the sculpture is to blame for such shubby construction. In fact I would advice the poor drunkard to sue the negligent artist.
What world are we living in where an inebriated individual can not ride a white kwai sculpture in safety!!

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Obviously Gay!!
With all these pretty girls and he wanted to ride a buffalo?

So what''s the Buffalo Bill?

I'll get my coat...............

He and and his accomplice, another Brit, Georgia Betts, were taken by security guards to the local police at Pathumwan but were later released when they claimed to have no money and their flight home to Australia was imminent.

Just a bit of drunken tomfoolery but, still, it is surprising they got to walk ………

Originally Posted by misskit

Police took the drunken Englishman and his friends to the police station, where he allegedly showed no remorse for destroying the artwork and refused to pay for the damages.

Lucky they were simply released - a bit of remorse would have gone down well with the BiB

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Just a bit of drunken tomfoolery but, still, it is surprising they got to walk ……

Probably a bunch of nice kids, with too much to drink, and the young man trying to impress the girls.
Who among us can say he has not been there.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

he has not been there

Bridge over the rubba Kwai?

Doesn't look to be a "prized sculpture" either.

Originally Posted by david44

Bridge over the rubba Kwai?

They should install a rimshot drum roll rull function in this forum
Not that I stoop so low as to make jokes like that.
I would never make one liner jokes like
This Story is a lot of bull! Personally I am above such thing.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

Probably a bunch of nice kids, with too much to drink, and the young man trying to impress the girls.
Who among us can say he has not been there.

Err, he’s 34 years old.

I’d have had them up the next day before the Court and fined with an order for compensation to be paid and removed but only after payment.
Pathumwan police colonel needs to explain their dereliction of duty.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Err, he’s 34 years old.

I’d have had them up the next day before the Court and fined with an order for compensation to be paid and removed but only after payment.
Pathumwan police colonel needs to explain their dereliction of duty.

I am sure you were a paragon of virtue at 34. Me? Not so much.

By 34 I was married, in a responsible position, paying a mortgage and carving out a career.

Between 19 and 21 I was selling drugs, tripping out, dropping out and generally waking up experiencing great difficulty in remembering: what I had done, where I was and what my own name might be, never mind the identity of the girl lucky enough to have shared my company.

That chap needed a damn good thrashing.

All over a crap lump of plastic.

Art, Cyril, art, a subject about which you evidently know nothing.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Art, Cyril, art, a subject about which you evidently know nothing.

A statement as informed and well supported as your usual blustering bilge.

it was actually pretty cool and distinctive. i wouldn't have it in my garden but it brightened rama 4 up

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Between 19 and 21 I was selling drugs, tripping out, dropping out and generally waking up experiencing great difficulty in remembering: what I had done, where I was and what my own name might be, never mind the identity of the girl lucky enough to have shared my company.

SA is human

Ha ha brilliant. Reminds me of when we went to Blackpool as 18 year old lads and did a 100 metre race over cars parked on the side of the road before getting so stoned when we got back to the B&B that my mate pissed in the wardrobe over all our clothes (we had 4 or 5 in a room).

It's a miracle the only damage we caused was to our threads, but, oh to be 18 again...even if it did mean stinking of piss on the train back home the next day.

God bless Brits on holiday.

I thought they weren't mentioning nationalities or is that policy reserved for Chinkies?

Originally Posted by david44

I would never permit a perverse sausage entry these days, nights , who knows after a bacon sandwich anything is possibly.

By admitting you would never admit it we now have to wonder that you probably do partake of perverse sausage entries.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

By admitting you would never admit it we now have to wonder that you probably do partake of perverse sausage entries.

Leave him alone, RJ's entries are his to choose, rubber or otherwise . . . grab the bull by its horns he says!!