The fascinating true story behind Van Gogh's Sunflowers: As the third iteration of the work is doused in soup by protesters, how the troubled painter created SEVEN versions which are now scattered around the world - with one destroyed in WWII br Just Stop Oil activists have thrown Heinz tomato soup over Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece 'Sunflower' at the National Gallery in London. Climate activists glued themselves to the £84 million painting.