  We report the discovery of year-scale X-ray variation in the nuclear region
of the M87 by reanalyzing the 8 Chandra observations from 2007 to 2008. The
X-ray spectra are fitted and decomposed into the disk and flaring components.
This year-scale X-ray variability can be explained quite well by a simple
clumpy accretion model. We conclude that the central super-massive black hole
of the M87 was accreting a cloud of $\sim0.5$M$_\odot$ at that time.
