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FBI: Partygoer broke off 2,000-year-old statue's thumb, took it home after selfie shot
Cox Media via WPXI ^
| February 20, 2018
| Natalie Dreier
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, couldnt 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 cellphones 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 statues 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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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: china; delaware; franklininstitute; godsgravesglyphs; michaelrohana; pennsylvania; philadelphia; qinshihuang; statue; terracotta; terracottaarmy
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To: WayneS
He never posted it. His thumb was over the lens.
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posted on
02/20/2018 1:23:34 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: rightwingintelligentsia
The astute FBI agent immediately apprehended the perp.
-PJ
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posted on
02/20/2018 1:25:37 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: Rastus
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posted on
02/20/2018 1:26:02 PM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: Fhios
wasn’t michael moore in attendance ?
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posted on
02/20/2018 1:27:27 PM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Yup, the FBI always gets the thumb.
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posted on
02/20/2018 1:28:08 PM PST
by
seawolf101
(Member LES DEPLORABLES)
To: pepsi_junkie
Well, the earliest (14 Century) story has a muzzie doing it in protest of a competing religion.
Compare that story to the Taliban destroying statues of Buddha the late 1990s/early 2000s.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
02/20/2018 1:49:07 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(We need common sense FBI reform.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I wonder if he hid it in his socks ?
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posted on
02/20/2018 1:54:06 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
What someone did their job....?
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posted on
02/20/2018 2:04:26 PM PST
by
cranked
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
02/20/2018 2:07:16 PM PST
by
freefdny
To: redcatcherb412
Wrap this moron up real pretty and take him and the thumb as a gift to the Chinese embassy with the countrys apology.
^^^
What he said.
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posted on
02/20/2018 2:14:41 PM PST
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security!)
To: Little Ray
We are giving him up, but you have to take GS as well.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I swear, if a nuclear bomb was dropped, some idiot would take a selfie with the mushroom cloud in the background and would be trying to post the picture to Instagram when the radiation took out his WiFi.
To: Little Ray
What an a-hole. I hope they prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.
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posted on
02/20/2018 3:39:51 PM PST
by
j.havenfarm
( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
To: lee martell
Bury him with the other statues and see how he likes it 2,000 years from now when some party goer breaks off his thumb!
To: pepsi_junkie
Actually it is quite a mystery!!
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posted on
02/20/2018 6:34:01 PM PST
by
ontap
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
02/21/2018 6:13:34 PM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Note: this topic is from . Thanks rightwingintelligentsia.
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posted on
10/31/2018 1:42:41 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/31/2018 6:14:36 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
To: Fhios
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posted on
10/31/2018 7:12:28 AM PDT
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rdl6989
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