Cristiano Ronaldo Statue Vandalized Outside of CR7 Museum in Portugal

Police in Madeira are hunting a vandal who filmed himself setting fire to a bronze statue of Cristiano Ronaldo outside the CR7 Museum in Funchal. The dishevelled individual poured flammable liquid over the sculpture before performing a bizarre dance to rap music. He posted the footage to Instagram with the strange caption: "This is God's last warning." The suspect has been identified but not yet caught.

A bronze statue of football icon Ronaldo has been targeted in a bizarre arson attack on his home island of Madeira. On Tuesday morning, a vandal was seen on camera dousing the 11ft effigy in flammable liquid before setting it alight outside the CR7 Museum in Funchal.

The perpetrator, who filmed the stunt himself, captured the moment flames engulfed the sculpture. As the fire took hold, the individual backed away to perform a frantic dance to blaring rap music. The footage concludes with the vandal making obscene gestures towards the statue, thrusting his groin and sticking his middle finger up at the bronze likeness, which was unveiled by the Al-Nassr striker himself in 2014.

The outlandish video was subsequently uploaded to Instagram by a user identifying himself as a "freestyler and local man". In a disturbing caption accompanying the clip, the vandal wrote: "This is God's last warning."

The post immediately drew fury from Ronaldo’s legion of fans, with many condemning the act as a desperate plea for attention. It remains unclear if the statue has suffered permanent damage, though the flames appeared to die down quickly after the initial flare-up.

Authorities in Funchal have moved quickly to investigate the incident. A source from the PSP police force confirmed to local press that the suspect has already been