An Israeli woman was caught carving her family initials on the Colosseum.
A 39-year-old Israeli woman was detained on Thursday after graffiting on an internal column in the Colosseum in Rome.
Olga Segal was caught using a rock to etch her initials and those of her husband and children in the Roman arena.
According to some reports, she was leading a children’s dance troupe through Rome and may have actually etched the full name of the troupe (EIAAP), not her family’s initials.
“I made a mistake and I’m sorry. It was innocent. They assassinated my character without hearing the facts,” Olga said of media reports in Italy.
A colleague of Olga’s defended her actions, saying: “she only used chalk stones, and that there were no signs saying it was forbidden.”
“Maybe it’s forbidden, but everyone does it. She just got caught.”
The vandal was released by Italian authorities permitting her to return to Israel to await a May 2 hearing.
The Colosseum in Rome is the world’s largest amphitheater, which dates from 70-80 AD.
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