Environmental activists damaged the glass casing of the original Magna Carta with a hammer and chisel as part of a protest.

Two activists with the Just Stop Oil group, identified as the Rev. Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, used a hammer and chisel to chip at the glass protective casing around one of the original copies of the Magna Carta in London’s British Library. The effort proved largely unsuccessful, with the glass holding up with only minor damage.