Worker damages sculpture with cleaning An expensive museum piece cleaning damages $1 milion sculpture is it worth was damaged when a member of the cleaning staff decided to " clean it up" destroys sculpture "rain puddle" part was scrubbed off. The museum in Germany says the owner of the piece, who loaned it to the museum, will decide whether it will be restored or left as it is. Kippenberger sculpture damage artist's work it is. Modern art installation valued at euro800,000 ($1.1 million) was damaged after an overzealous cleaning woman scrubbed away a patina intended to look like a dried rain puddle, a Dortmund official said Friday. Martin Kippenberger's "When it Starts Dripping from the Ceiling" remains in place at the city's Ostwall museum, despite the damage sustained earlier this month when a cleaner scrubbed away the painted puddle beneath a rubber trough placed under a stacked tower of wooden slats. The work by Kippenberger, a German-b...