Vandalism with traffic cones

I came across this article today, which highlighted a bizarre form of vandalism that I'd never heard of before: putting traffic cones on statues.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-24925296

While I do not condone nor encourage this behaviour, I would prefer that vandals only "decorate" statues with traffic cones rather than destroy them; I hate it when people purposely damage statues. It's needlessly destructive and wastes other people's time and money to make repairs.