Tourist fined almost $25,000 for carving initial on wall of Rome’s Colosseum — foxnews.com

A tourist is silhouetted against Rome's Colosseum. (Reuters) Note to tourists: defacing a centuries-old monument is never a good idea. An unnamed Russian tourist was arrested and fined nearly $25,000 over the weekend for engraving a 10-inch letter “K” into the Rome's Colosseum, reports Italian news agency ANSA.  According to Roman police, the man used a rock to carve out the letter. “@la_stampa Russian tourist caught carving initials on Rome Colosseum jailed #watchit http://t.co/sf2fymUmRc pic.twitter.com/2hgJSg4URT”

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