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Tourist faces $24,550 fine for carving his and girlfriend’s name into Colosseum (www.news.com.au)
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A tourist filmed carving his and his girlfriend’s name into the walls of the Roman Colosseum faces a huge fine as Italian authorities vow to find the man.

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thats all. seems low. is it just the cost to repair?

[–] KbinItTogether@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The article does say "and possible jail time" but from the ending paragraphs it sounds like the other tourists that carved their initials years ago just got a similar fine and a mark on their records.

It does seem low and I wonder if it scales at all or is a standard fine? At that rate, Jeff Bezos could go carve an entire autobiography into the place for an amount of money he wouldn't even notice losing.