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南京孝陵卫大象石雕遭游客损坏

A 600-year-old elephant shaped stone sculpture in the Xiaoling Tomb in Nanjing, that dates back to the Ming Dynasty, has been damaged by some Chinese tourists.

南京孝陵卫的一座有600年历史的大象石雕被游客损坏,该石雕的历史可以追溯到清朝时期。

 
The scratches and damages appear both on the leg and trunk of the elephant sculpture.
 
This is the latest in series of similar incidents, where tourist were found to have damaged cultural relics.
 
Last week, another Chinese tourist had scratched his name on a 300-year-old bronze vat in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City in Beijing.