But the organisers of the T on the Fringe have already said they intend to put on arepeat performance next year - and hope to become as much as part of the Edinburgh Fringe as those Peruvian goat herders.
This is not the first time that the Louvre reaches out to the public to finance the acquisition of national treasures, and is planning torepeat this method at least once ayearto complete various of its collections.