Tourist fined €20,000 for carving initial on Rome’s Colosseum

Russian man arrested for carving a large letter ‘K’ on wall, the latest of several acts of vandalism on historic building this year

In the latest episode of tourists behaving badly in Rome, a Russian has been fined €20,000 (£15,800) for carving his initial into the Colosseum.

The 42-year-old tourist used a stone to carve a 25cm “K” into a wall inside the ancient amphitheatre. He was caught in the act by a guard and arrested by police, before being fined and given a four-month suspended prison sentence.

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