In May 2010, vandals stole the sculpture of the boy,Ukraden spomenik sa Čukur-česme (Politika, 23 May 2010), retrieved on 30 April 2013. banged it with a hammer and sold it to the owner of an unauthorized dump in Krnjača for 20 thousand RSD.Savu "ubili" drugi put (Večernje novosti, 24 May 2010), retrieved 30 April 2013. The sculpture was broken into 22 pieces but was ultimately repaired.Čukur česma: Povratak bronzanog dečaka (Večernje novosti, 21 January 2011), retrieved on 30 April 2013. The reconstruction took three months to complete.
