Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to identify and punish a tourist filmed carving names into a wall of the Rome’s Colosseum – a crime that in the past has resulted in hefty ...

The man - who has been named in reports as gym instructor Ivan Dimitrov - was filmed engraving a message reading “Ivan+Hayley 23” on the Colosseum on the afternoon of June 30.

He caused shockwaves around the world when he was filmed apparently carving his name into a wall of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum – and grinning when he realized he was caught on camera.

Two American tourists were arrested Saturday for allegedly carving initials into a wall at Rome's ancient Colosseum. The pair were reported to police by other tourists at the historic site.

In 2014, a Russian tourist who carved his initials onto the Colosseum was handed a four-month suspended sentence and fined €20,000 (£17,000).