Tourist arrested for disgusting act at sacred UNESCO World Heritage Site
A tourist has been arrested after he committed this disgusting act on top of the Leshan Giant Buddha, a sacred UNESCO World Heritage Site in China.
The man allegedly found a blind spot away from CCTV cameras, climbed over the security fence and on top of the statue.
Once he reached the top of the monuments head, he proceeded to pull down his pants and urinate in front of horrified visitors who filmed the act.
Security guards quickly removed the unidentified man and handed him over to police, after being informed of his actions.
It is reported that the man was taken to a nearby hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site itself is a 71-metre-tall monument, which is considered to be the largest and tallest stone Buddha statue in the world.
The Leshan Giant Buddha monument is located in the Sichuan Province of China, and was carved out of a cliff face between 713 and 803 AD.
The statue and surrounding Mount Emei Scenic Area have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996.
This act is one of many incidences of tourists behaving badly across the world.
In June 2023 a German tourist was detained after climbing up a 16th-century Fountain of Neptune, and was accused of causing over $8,000 in damages to the iconic statue.
Prior to that, an Irish tourist landed himself into trouble in Rome after carving his and his girlfriend's name onto the walls of the Colosseum.
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