American Tourists Allegedly Carve Initials Into Rome's Colosseum — huffingtonpost.com

Two tourists from California are accused of carving their initials into Rome's Colosseum on Saturday and posing for a selfie. The unidentified women, aged 21 and 25, were arrested after the alleged vandalism, The Guardian reports. They reportedly snuck away from their tour group and scratched their initials, J and N, into the amphitheater with a coin. Signs posted in both English and Italian make the law very clear: Defacing walls is illegal at the Colosseum. Yet vandalism happens and tourists have been fined as much as $25,000 in the past for such violations.

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