Another Christopher Columbus statue – this time the famous one that towers above Columbus Circle – has been vandalized, police said. Daniel Kimery, 39, was caught painting pink nail polish on the statue's left hand around 10 p.m. Saturday night around 10 p.m., the New York Post first reporter. It's unknown how he managed to reach the statue, which stands on a pedestal many feet above ground level.

Kimery said the pink nail polish represented "the blood on the Italian explorer's hands," according to police sources that spoke to the Post. Police told Patch officers saw Kimery vandalizing the statue and he was "apprehended without any incident."