18th Century Statue Damaged By Selfie-Taking Tourists

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In their attempts to take a selfie, two tourists broke a priceless Italian sculpture.

Selfies are a popular way of capturing fun activities and attractions. Unfortunately, in their attempts to just that, two tourists recently broke a priceless Italian sculpture.

The piece damaged is the ‘Statue of the Two Hercules,’ a work which was completed in the early 1700s and has been on display in the town of Cremona ever since.

It was originally perched atop the city’s gate, but was moved to a piazza in 1962.

The work features two figures depicting the namesake god. 

The pair of selfie-taking tourists broke it off when they