The graceful, flowing lines of Maserati are so appealing that no one can resist having their hands run down them. But this Maserati Quattroporte is an exception.

Created by Italian artist Luca Pancrazzi, the car is covered with 800kg of broken and fragmented glass.

According to Pancrazzi, the unique artwork is called “Maseratirundum”. It has represented Italy at the second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art and demonstrates the style, elegance and vitality of Italy.

Pictures of the car have recently gone viral on Chinese social media as Chinese web users think the design can effectively prevent people from deliberately throwing themselves at a car to blackmail the driver for payout.