java array shuffling

I've noticed that the underlying int array is getting changed given the way the list is being created:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;


public class Shuffling {

    static Integer[] intArr = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    static Random random = new Random(7);
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        List<Integer> intList = new ArrayList<Integer>(Arrays.asList(intArr));
        Collections.shuffle(intList, random);
        System.out.println("List after shuffling: " + intList);
        System.out.println("intArr: " + Arrays.toString(intArr));
        //OUTPUT:
        //List after shuffling: [5, 4, 1, 3, 2]
        //intArr: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]


        List<Integer> intList2 = Arrays.asList(intArr);
        Collections.shuffle(intList2, random);
        System.out.println("List2 after shuffling: " + intList2);
        System.out.println("intArr: " + Arrays.toString(intArr));
        //OUTPUT:
        //List2 after shuffling: [5, 3, 4, 2, 1]
        //intArr: [5, 3, 4, 2, 1]
    }
}

Why is that happening?

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задан Yuval 2 December 2010 в 12:28
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