Local officials said Saturday that a 30 -year -old Chinese tourist damaged two ancient clay fighters from the Chinese Terkota army. Agencies France Press.
According to the statement, the tourist was visiting the tomb of Kan Shi Huang in a city in Western China, which was the capital during several ancient families, when he climbed the “Guardial and Security Nab and jumped more than 15 feet in pit No. 3 on Friday.”
According to the statement, the man then “pushed and pulled” the clay fighters “, which caused the” different degrees “to be damaged before it was controlled by security.
The video footage was seized shortly after the incident, the suspect was lying on the ground between the demolished fighters. Authorities said they believe the person was suffering from metal disease, though investigations are still underway in the matter.
After the event, the display allegedly reopened on Saturday.
This is hardly the first dispute around famous statues. In 2023, a man accepted an application contract after stealing a thumb from one of the Terrakota Warriors, many of which were exhibited at the Philadelphia’s Franklin Museum at the time of theft in 2017.
The Terrakota Army was created to protect the Emperor Kun Shi Huang in the post -life of 209 BC. It is the only famous collection of military sculptures in the world. As the country’s first emperor, Kan Shi Huang united China with more than 500,000 men’s army.
To build the Tarakota Army and the tomb, researchers believe it took 30 to 40 years to complete 700,000 workers. Since the Army was first discovered by Local Farmers in 1974, Achaeologists have Found Roughly 8,000 Stats from the Army, all of them construcked uses use expenditures per day their Military Ranks, with Generations Being Taller than Soldiers, Standing at an announcement height of 5 feet 8 inures. The tomb has been UNESCO’s World Heritage Since 1987.
In 2022, excavation is still ongoing, near the Chinese emperor’s secret tomb, 20 fighters were found and added to the count.
