Posted on 02/20/2018 1:02:35 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
PHILADELPHIA - A statue that stood guard, buried and undamaged for more than 2,000 years, couldn’t contend with a man at a private party in Philadelphia who just had to sneak off and take a selfie, according to multiple media reports.
The man, later identified as Michael Rohana, 24, was seen in a restricted area at the Franklin Institute during a party on Dec. 21 that was held after-hours at the museum, The New York Times reported.
FBI officials said Rohana used his cellphone’s flash as a light source to see the displays. He then put his arm around one of the famous Terracotta warriors to snap a selfie, The New York Times reported. After the photo-op, the FBI said Rohana then snapped off the thumb from the statue’s left hand and took it home to Delaware.
FBI officials said Rohana admitted to taking the thumb from the statue. He then took agents to his bedroom to retrieve the thumb from his desk, The Washington Post reported.
The statue is at the Franklin Institute with nine others currently on loan from China. It is worth $4.5 million, USAToday reported.
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If this guy took a “selfie” with the stature and/or the severed thumb, why can’t I find a copy of said “selfie” on the internet?
What an idiot. Now everyone knows about him and his level of immaturity.
Wrap this moron up real pretty and take him and the thumb as a gift to the Chinese embassy with the country’s apology.
Wow, the FBI was actually working on this...a thumb. Instead of multiple reports about a mass killer which they did absolutely nothing.
I wonder if it was a Liberal Left event that night?
How about just his thumb?
Or the full instruments of the Federal government being brought to bear on a political candidate of an opposing party.
But hey...they got the thumb!
“This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the Earth.....Perhaps we should shoot him.”
Which is greater, his disrespect or his arrogance?
When my grandpa was a kid, he shot the thumb off a certain statue. Specifically, he shot at a bird on the thumb but missed. Not as noteworthy as one of the warriors but a significant one. He grew up and was well respected and never did anything that stupid again.
Ruthless People!....................
Even better !
Where is the guy that compares the FIB to Clouseau?
This is the best of the FIB folks. The rest they do is fixin’ stuff for the RATs and the NWO.
Some soldier (turkish I think) shot the nose off the Sphinx.
I saw a documentary on China the other day.
It showed the terra cotta warriors. It was stated that none of these warriors were found intact....they were, and still are, being painstakingly put back together, like a giant jig saw puzzle. They also were once painted in color, in great detail.
Bill Pullman.............later to be President of the US in Independence Day!.................
We must be grateful that the FBI can protect a 2200 yr old statue and also fight against trivial internet trolls in Russia. Anything else would be too much to ask.
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