A section of the Great Wall of China was recently damaged “beyond repair” by two construction workers creating a shortcut.
On Monday, the Shanxi Cultural Relics Bureau said in a social media post that a 38-year-old man surnamed Zheng and a 55-year-old woman surnamed Wang used an excavator to widen an existing gap in a section of the 32nd Great Wall in Youyu County in late August, reported China Daily.
Authorities consider the damage to the cultural relic's integrity and safety to be “irreversible.”
The suspects were detained and have since admitted to using the excavator to make it easier for them to pass through the wall and reach their workplace. They have reportedly been charged with destroying a cultural relic.
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