Easter Island vandal pays price

A tourist who chipped an earlobe off an ancient Moai statue on Easter Island has been allowed to go home after paying a €10,600 fine and agreeing not to return for three years.

A tourist who chipped an earlobe off an ancient Moai statue on Easter Island has been allowed to go home after paying a €10,600 fine and agreeing not to return for three years.

Finnish Marko Kulju, 26, deposited the money into a bank account overseen by the court that handled his case.

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