Police say the man is under investigation for property damage. (representative picture)

A modern art gallery in Germany has fired an employee after discovering the artist was hanging his own work in an exhibition.according to British Broadcasting CorporationThe 51-year-old, whose identity has not been revealed, hangs his work in Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne and is employed as part of the technical team. According to reports, he did so in hopes of achieving his own artistic breakthrough. His artwork measures 23 inches by 47 inches and was briefly displayed in the empty passage.

“The supervisor immediately noticed something similar,” Tine Nehler told a German newspaper, adding that the work had been returned to the artist.this British Broadcasting Corporation According to the report, the man was an employee of the gallery’s technical services team and claimed to be a freelance artist.

After gallery staff discovered what had happened, the man was fired and banned from the gallery, which is one of Europe’s largest and exhibits the likes of Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst and Salvador Dalí s work.

The incident also attracted the attention of police, who told CNN The 51-year-old man is under investigation for property damage. “We have of course filed criminal charges. That means the prosecutor’s office will now decide what happens,” said Munich Police Chief Superintendent Christian Drexler. “But it depends on the judiciary’s decision in each case,” he added.

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Meanwhile, this isn’t the first time another painting has been discovered in a German gallery. According to the media report, a similar incident occurred in Bonn, Germany a few months ago. While staff were clearing away the exhibition at the Bundeskunsthalle, they discovered that a member of the public had displayed an extra painting.

The gallery posted on The painting is hers. She said she had always wanted one of her pieces to be displayed in a prestigious gallery.

“I smuggled it in with a huge hoodie over leggings,” she told local public broadcaster WDR. Ms. Emmanouilidis’s portrait “Georgia” was later auctioned by the gallery, and the proceeds were donated to ArtAsyl, a Cologne art charity.