Michael Rohana, of Bear, allegedly broke off the thumb of a terra cotta warrior during an ugly sweater party at the Franklin Institute in December 2017.
The “Cavalryman” sculpture, a statue uncovered at the tomb of China’s first emperor, was part of a traveling exhibit on display at the Philadelphia museum for several months.
Rohana will plead guilty to charges of interstate trafficking, which carries a maximum two-year prison sentence and $20,000 fine, KYW reported.
The federal charges dismissed against him – theft and concealment of an object of cultural heritage from a museum – could have kept him in prison for up to 30 years.
He will be sentenced April 17 in federal court.
According to charging documents, Rohana entered the terra cotta warrior exhibit, which had been closed and roped off, during the museum’s booze-filled, afterhours holiday party.
He allegedly put his arm around the “Cavalryman” and took a selfie with the sculpture before breaking off its thumb and placing it in his pocket.
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