A 17-year-old Canadian has been questioned by police in Japan after he carved his name into a wooden pillar at an 8th-century temple
A Canadian teenager has been questioned in Japan after he carved his name into a wooden pillar at an 8th-century temple.
Police said the incident took place in the Toshodaiji Kondo temple last week, which is in the city of Nara. Speaking to CNN, officers said:"On the pillars to the side, the boy carved 'Julian' on a wooden pillar about 170cm above the ground with his nail." The 17-year-old has been questioned on suspicion of violating the cultural properties protection law in Japan.According to The Mainichi, a newspaper in Japan, a letter"J" was found 4cm long and 5cm wide - and the name"Julian" was 2.5cm long and 10cm wide on the pillar.
A Japanese tourist reportedly saw the new inscriptions being made and initially intervened, before alerting staff at the temple.
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