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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