September 10, 2023

2023-09-09 22:00:33

A man in the United States actually broke the fingers of a terracotta warrior. (Schematic diagram, taken from Pexels)

Six years ago, a “broken finger on a terracotta warrior” occurred in the United States, which attracted international attention. In 2017, Michael Rohana, a 24-year-old man at the time, entered the terracotta warriors and horses exhibition area at the Franklin Museum of Science in Philadelphia, USA. Unexpectedly, Michael broke off and took away a terracotta warriors’ thumb and took a photo. The verdict was issued on September 6, US time. Michael was sentenced to five years of probation and must pay a fine of US$5,000 (approximately NT$160,000), plus complete 100 hours of community service. Michael also submitted a request to the Chinese government The apology failed to quell the anger of Chinese netizens.

According to comprehensive US media reports, on December 21, 2017, Michael, a 24-year-old man at the time, went to a Christmas party at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia. There happened to be an exhibition of Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the museum, although it was already past the exhibition time. , the exhibition hall has been closed, but Michael sneaked into the exhibition area secretly.

During the visit, Michael actually took a selfie while holding the terracotta warriors and horses. He also broke off the left thumb of one of the terracotta warriors and horses and took the “thumb” away. Afterwards, the museum was shocked to discover that the terracotta warriors and horses were damaged. After tracing, they found that Michael was responsible and immediately called the police. The police went to Michael’s residence and asked him, “Do you have anything that needs to be handed over to the police?” Michael had no choice but to hand over the “severed finger” he had stolen and was charged with stealing museum art and other crimes.

China’s Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Exchange Center believes that Michael’s behavior is quite “evil” and points out that in more than 40 years and more than 260 cultural relics outreaches, such an incident has never happened. It revealed that the damaged terracotta warriors and horses this time are “the largest in the world so far”. One of the few fully restored terracotta warriors among the thousands (terracotta warriors), the insured price is US$4.5 million (approximately NT$144 million).”

A spokesman for the Franklin Science Museum said it would try its best to help restore the terracotta warriors and horses. The trial results were released on September 6, local time. Michael was sentenced to five years of probation, and had to pay a fine of US$5,000 (approximately NT$160,000), plus complete 100 hours of community service. Michael also apologized to his family and the Chinese government, explaining that he already understood the importance of respecting archaeological artifacts.

The incident aroused great concern among Chinese netizens. After the verdict was announced, Chinese netizens expressed dissatisfaction, saying, “We see the terracotta warriors and horses from a distance, just to protect the cultural relics, but they just destroyed it directly”, “We have taken away the national treasure we cherish so much.” It’s just placed outside like this, and anyone can touch it.” “Americans, that’s not surprising.” “The Chinese won’t forgive him.”

★”Mirror News” reminds you: please do not imitate criminal behavior.

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