A man identified as English tourist Ivan Danailov Dimitrov, 27, was seen in a video carving "Ivan+Haley 23" into the nearly 2,000-year-old Colosseum.

In previous centuries, people wrote their names on the Colosseum walls to show they'd visited. Some writings date back 2,000 years, experts have said.

Take a relaxing 4K walk through historic Rome, passing two well-known archaeological sites: the Colosseum and Trajan’s Market ...

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. Now ...

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).

A tourist carved his girlfriend's name into the walls of Rome's Colosseum on June 23, as seen in a viral video, drawing outrage from Italy's culture minister. (Video: Reuters) ...

Alfonsina Russo, the director of the Colosseum, which was inaugurated in the first century A.D., said that the wall Ivan defaced was built during a mid-19th century restoration.