Art intervention Serpentine Gallery in London, where he exhibited "Away from the Flock" (a sheep in a tank). An artist poured black ink into it, and was subsequently prosecuted, at Hirst's wish. The artist's defence was that he thought Hirst would benefit from the publicity and one critic (Tony Parsons) said the artist's action proved that what Damien Hirst does is art. The exhibit was restored at a cost of £1000. A notable case of an unauthorised intervention—which did no damage, yet was still liable for prosecution—occurred at 12.58 p.m. on October 25, 1999, when two artists, Yuan Chai and Jian Jun
Damien Hirst to the state-funded gallery accusing it of wasting taxpayers' money by showcasing art that was 'repetitive', 'meaningless' and 'almost universally awful'. " In 1999, chef Marco Pierre White said Hirst's "Butterflies on Mars" had plagiarised his own work, "Rising Sun", which he then put on display in the restaurant Quo Vadis in place of the Hirst work. In 2000, Hirst was sued for breach of copyright over his sculpture, "Hymn", which was a , six ton, enlargement of his son Connor's 14" "Young Scientist Anatomy Set", designed by Norman Emms, 10,000 of which are sold a year by Hull-based toy