Beware they walk and breathe and live among us!

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I was mortified to read about some 24 year old yob who has caused thousands of pounds of damage to one of China's Terracotta warriors on loan to the Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania. This mindless moron took a selfiie and then managed to snap a finger off the $4.3 million warrior and then put it in his pocket. The FBI managed to trace him and recovered the stolen finger which he had at his home. What an absolute moron and I do hope that the authorities throw the book at him as a deterrent to other young foolish irresponsible yobs who desecrate ancient artifacts. The life size terracotta warriors were made in China to be buried with the Emperor Qin Shin Huang 2000 years ago in his tomb. This was supposed to protect him in his after life. Every single warrior had different markings some with beards some with mustache some in different clothing. No two warriors are the same. They were found in 1974 by a group of farmers digging for a well near Xian in China. There are an estimated 8,000 warriors buried with him along with officials, musicians, acrobats, 130 chariots with precious metal and gems and 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses. I remember the story breaking when I was a young boy and thinking then I do hope one day I can see these for myself. I was lucky enough to visit China and see them for myself but I thought Xian would be like a little village, How wrong was that it is infact a massive city of 8.7 million people. The actual burial tomb is some way outside the city probably about half an hour drive. They are housed in four massive hanger like buildings most of the warriors are still buried but they have excavated quite a few. From time to time they loan some of the figures out to museums around the world so that more people can see them. You can understand if they decide not to loan them out in the future. What do you think his punishment should be?