In 2007, Moldakul Narymbetov traveled to Semei at the invitation of the Nevzorov Museum director Tatiana Stromskaya to hold his solo exhibition there. After several days of traveling with his sons, around five in the morning, they were involved in a serious accident: the UAZ car overturned, one of the sons ended up in the hospital with significant injuries, most of the artworks were seriously damaged, and the exhibition was postponed indefinitely.