Tourist throws sculptures to the ground in the Vatican Museums, two ancient busts damaged

Two sculptures were damaged

inside the

in Rome.

A foreign tourist would have thrown two antique busts to the ground resting on two shelves inside the

.

The incident took place this morning.

The tourist was stopped and taken to the police offices for questioning.

Investigations are still ongoing. 

The man

, who was agitated and

, after trying to escape was blocked by the Vatican gendarmerie.

The Vatican inspectorate intervened later, listening to the person arrested: it would be an American of Egyptian origin.