Greece’s National Gallery says a Greek lawmaker attacked four paintings in an exhibition, including one he had previously criticized as offensive on religious grounds.

In a shocking act of vandalism, a religious politician attacked four artworks on display in Greece's national museum, forcing it to close.

Four works by artist Christoforos Katsadiotis were vandalised earlier this week, The National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens confirmed

The Greek National Gallery unveiled photographs on Monday afternoon capturing the aftermath of an act of vandalism by Nikos Papadopoulos, a fundamentalist MP from the ultra-orthodox Niki party, who claimed the targeted artworks were offensive to Christianity.