Colosseum: Man who carved names on ancient Rome amphitheatre is UK tourist, Italian police say

A antheral filmed carving names into a partition astatine Rome's past Colosseum amphitheatre past week is simply a tourer who lives successful the UK, Italian constabulary say.

They accidental they were capable to place him and the pistillate helium was with from photos but did not sanction the couple.

Several UK media outlets accidental the brace are a mates who unrecorded successful Bristol. They are believed to person near Italy.

The antheral faces a ample good oregon a jailhouse word up to 5 years, if charged and convicted.

The incidental successful the Italian superior was filmed by different visitant who verbally reprimanded the antheral earlier handing the signaling to information officials.

In the video, the antheral is seen carving "Ivan + Hayley 23" - believed to beryllium the pair's names - connected a Colosseum wall.

The incidental prompted wide condemnation successful Italy and crossed the globe.

Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said: "This enactment was violative to everyone astir the satellite who appreciates the worth of archaeology, monuments and history."

The astir 2,000-year-old Colosseum is 1 of the best-known symbols of Imperial Rome, and is Italy's astir fashionable tourer site.

It is simply a protected Unesco World Heritage Site, meaning it is considered to beryllium a spot of "outstanding cosmopolitan value".