Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Easter Island



This photo taken after March 23, 2008, and released by Chilean Investigative Police, shows one of the massive Moai statues, center, whose right earlobe was stolen by a Finnish tourist in Easter Island, Sunday, March 23, 2008. Marko Kulju, 26, was detained after allegedly stealing a piece of volcanic rock from one of the massive Moai statues and faces seven years in prison and a fine of US$19,100 (Û12,270) if convicted of stealing the pieces of the right earlobe from a Moai, one of numerous statues carved out of volcanic rock between 400 and 1,000 years ago to represent deceased ancestors.

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