Boys ruin ancient sculpture "trying to improve it"
BEFORE & AFTER:
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A 5,000-year-old rock carving in Norway which depicts a figure skiing has been "damaged forever" by youths who claim they were trying to improve it.
The two alleged vandals said they had been trying to repair the historical site by carving over the outline of the figure to make it easier to see – but local officials described their makeshift restoration as a "tragedy" for Norway's cultural heritage.
Both boys now face potential criminal charges under Norway's Cultural Heritage Act.
The teenagers released a public apology on Friday, saying they had been trying to repair the relic, reported the Independent.
The carving, on the west-coast island of Tro, is one of the country's most famous sites, providing some of the earliest evidence of skiing in the world. It inspired the symbol used for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
Not really the question here. This is kinda like those first drawings of a child parents often keep because it has a sentimental value; in this case, it has a HUGE cultural and historical value.
