Posted on 02/20/2018 1:40:25 AM PST by Simon Green
Chinese authorities are livid over the theft of a thumb from a 2,000-year-old terracotta warrior on loan to a US museum, calling for the perpetrator to be "severely" punished.
The ancient statue is valued at $4.5 million and considered a "priceless part of China's cultural heritage." It was on display at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute when the vandalism took place.
"We call on the United States to severely punish those who have done [this]," Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relic Exchange Center's director told the Beijing Youth Daily, a state-run Chinese newspaper.
The warrior statues date back to 209 B.C., when the Qin Dynasty ruled China. The life-size statues were constructed to guard the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Now a UN world heritage site, they were discovered by a Chinese farmer in 1974 in Shaanxi province, according to the Franklin Institute's exhibit page.
Delaware-resident Michael Rohana was arrested last week, US officials said, accused of stealing the thumb in December during an ugly sweater party hosted by the museum.
During the event, Rohana and a few of his friends entered the closed off terracotta warrior exhibit, and after his friends left, Rohana took a selfie with one of the statues, according to surveillance footage and court documents.
He then put his hand on the left hand of one of the warriors and snapped something off, the documents said. Rohana pocketed the warrior's thumb and took it home with him to Delaware that evening.
A museum worker discovered the missing thumb on January 8, and the FBI Art Crime Unit began to investigate. Surveillance video helped lead the FBI to both the thumb and their suspect, Rohana.
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They have every right to be angry. That was a slimeball move.
Not stone...... terra cotta
Ping!
I have been reading about this punk that did it. He was at a Christmas party and decided he wanted a souvenir.
Remember the Gays visiting the Obama White House taking Selfies of themselves flipping off the Presidential Portraits of Reagan and Bush?
Same mindset. The Civil Society is no more.
It’s why you can’t have nice things.
I try to explain to my offspring, nephews and nieces what it was like to grow up in a Christian country, but it's impossible for them to imagine when parents and teachers could control bad behavior with a "look." This guy should be billed for the expense of the repair and the travel of the two restoration experts from China to come here and perform it.
Ditto
” This is pure ugly american behavior. The authorities ought to send the perp’s thumbs to China with an apology.”
Your post is pure antiAmerican.
Really ? Send the perp’s thumbs ?
You are totally good with a totalitarian organ harvesting regime, right? (don’t answer, you’re too stupid).
And you are too stupid to see sarcasm. You are a walking, talking example of ugly American behavior, blind to a crime if you can twist it to your own agenda.
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 2/20/2018 4:02:35 PM by rightwingintelligentsia
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