A Metropolitan Museum of Art security guard was canned after false allegations of drawing on Egyptian artifacts, he says in a suit against the museum.

James Smith had been patrolling the halls of the museum’s Egyptian art section for years when a museum technician noticed green marks on a pair of statues in his sector.

The museum pinned blame for the 2014 incident on Smith, although video evidence exonerated him, he claims in a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.

“From what we see, the recording shows he did not touch any statue,” said his lawyer, Rudy Dermesropian.

The museum declined to comment.