10/6/2022
An American tourist has been taken into custody after officials say he damaged two ancient Roman sculptures at the Vatican Wednesday afternoon, multiple outlets are reporting.
The incident took place in the Museo Chiaramonti, part of the Vatican Museums, Adnkronos, an Italian news agency in Rome, reported.
The space joins the Palace of the Belvedere to the Vatican Palaces and holds more than 1,000 ancient sculptures and boasts “one of the finest collections of Roman portraits” in the world.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told Adnkronos the tourist, a 65-year-old American born in Egypt, threw two sculptures on two shelves in the gallery to the ground.Â
The tourist, whose name was not released, he said, was later handed over to the Italian authorities to face charges including aggravated damage.
“The 2 busts have been damaged but not particularly badly. One lost part of a nose and an ear, the head of the other came off the pedestal.”
At about 2,000 years old, the busts are thought to be secondary works of art, rather than famous works, Il Messaggero reported.
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