Police in Savannah, Georgia, are searching for some vandals who thought placing googly eyes on a historic 50-foot white marble statue of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene was funny (spoiler alert: It totally is).
But officials with the City of Savannah didn't find the prank funny, pointing out that the googly eyes were actually vandalizing the statues, which is a crime in the state of Georgia.
"Who did this?! Someone placed googly eyes on our historic #NathanaelGreene statue in #JohnsonSquare. It may look funny but harming our historic monuments and public property is no laughing matter, in fact, it's a crime," Savannah city government officials wrote on its Facebook page Thursday.
Authorities learned of the prank Thursday morning after some local media spotted a photo of the defaced statue on social media, Keturah Green, a spokeswoman for the Savannah police department told CNN.
"The eyes were quickly removed and did not appear to do any damage to the statue," said Greene. "Officers wrote a report for trespassing and will be reviewing cameras in the area to see if the incident was captured on camera."
Despite the fact the googly eyed-vandal committed a crime, people appeared to find plenty of humor in the city's googly eyes post, with more than 8,000 people commenting on it.