In 2014, a 42-year-old Russian tourist was caught carving the letter “K” onto a wall of the Colosseum and was hit with a four-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of about $22,460.

In 2014, a Russian tourist was fined 20,000 euros ($25,000) and received a four-year suspended jail sentence for engraving a big letter ‘K’ on a wall of the Colosseum.

Visitors take photos of the Colosseum in Rome on Tuesday. Italy’s culture and tourism ministers vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving names into the wall of the Colosseum.

Swiss teen filmed defacing Rome’s ancient Colosseum weeks after British tourist caught engraving names on wall The Colosseum dates back to 72 AD and was completed in 80 AD under Roman emperor Titus.

In 2014, a Russian tourist was fined 20,000 euros ($25,000) and received a four-year suspended jail sentence for engraving a big letter ‘K’ on a wall of the Colosseum.

Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, a crime ...

In 2014, a Russian tourist was fined 20,000 euros ($25,000) and received a four-year suspended jail sentence for engraving a big letter ‘K’ on a wall of the Colosseum.

In 2014, a Russian tourist was fined 20,000 euros ($25,000) and received a four-year suspended jail sentence for engraving a big letter ‘K’ on a wall of the Colosseum.