Icoa S.r.l.?
Posted on 05/23/2025 6:33:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Rome police detained a German tourist as he cruised down a street on a rented electric scooter with the marble base of a Roman column between his feet.
Carabinieri officers spotted the 24-year-old tourist transporting the "souvenir" along Via Vittorio Veneto, an upmarket street near the Villa Borghese park, on Wednesday afternoon.
The man was cited for possessing a "cultural asset of historical and artistic interest", according to a statement from the Carabinieri.
Officers seized the marble base which will be subject to further checks to trace its site of origin.
It was not clear how the tourist came into possession of the ancient artefact, which measured 40 x 20 cm and weighed about 30 kg.
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He was planning to take it home using the scooter and a really long extension cord.
He bought it at Bed Bath and Beyond .
Made in China stamped on the bottom
“Drunk, on a scooter, with a marble base of a Roman column between your feet is no way to go through life, Son!” ~ Dean Wormer
I toured the Colosseum last October. The guide pointed out one of the few remaining sections of Cararra marble in the place. He said the rest had been stolen over a two year period following the fall of Rome.
He said that there were houses/buildings all over Rome that had stone in it from the Colosseum. That instead of having to pay a quarry for new stone it was easier to go over to the ruin and just steal it.
But it’s a great trophy for the Toga party.
All you base are belong to us!....................
He was just using it for ballast. You know how those little scooters bounce around.
When in Rome, scoot with the relics the Romans scoot with.
It was the last piece, he’d already made his getaway during past vacations. :^)
Johnny Cash: “One piece at a time.”
Sounds like the Dossena Deception was more like the Fasoli ****-Over. :^)
A man arrived at a doctor’s office with a frog growing out of his forehead.
“How did this start?”
The frog said, “it started as a wart on my ass.”
Maybe the sculpture was *trying* to frame the guy and make its getaway on the scooter...
As an Art History major, Alceo Dossena and Han Van Meegeren are two of my favorite stories. As master forgers, they exposed who the real fraudsters were in the 20th century art world, and it wasn’t the artists.
:-)
Don’t get me started on “statue” of limitations.
This is Hugh and Series!
[singing] long live rock...
Scotch tape a handle on it and it’ll pass as checked luggage.
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