China calls on US to punish terracotta warrior thumb thief

Chinese authorities demanded punishment for an American male who stole the thumb of terrorists warriors when they exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

According to media reports in the US and China, Michael Rohana, a 24-year-old, is participating in a party before Christmas at the Franklin Institute. There, he will participate in the terracotta warrior exhibition of the first emperor from the unlocked door.

Rohana used his smartphone as a torch, participated in the exhibition around 15 pm on December 21, hugging old sculptures, taking selfie, suddenly taking a big left hand and installing it.

The museum official did not notice the number of absences until January 8. Five days later, the agent tracked suspects through surveillance videos and credit card transactions and went to Lohana's home. "Rohana admitted ... he hid his thumb in the drawer of the desk," Xinhua News Agency reported by the Chinese official news agency.

"USA Today" said that Rohana's friends saw the lacking photos of Snapchat's thumb. After handling his passport, Rohana was arrested and indicted as being bailed out hiding important work of art.

On Monday, Wu Haiyun, head of the group who sent Terracotta Warriors and Horses to overseas museums said that "serious protest action" was proposed. "We demand that the United States severely punish perpetrators," Wu added.

According to the report of "South China Morning Post", another official said, "Terra cotta warriors and horses are national treasures.We are expressing strong complaints and condemnation to such theft and heritage destruction," I am talking.

Xinhua Tsuninobu discovered the affected warrior, one of which was rented to the Philadelphia museum, a sculpture cavalry 2000 years ago. He was a terrorist warrior and a member of a horse and was appointed to be buried together with 8000 pottery units to protect the grave of China's first emperor Qin Shihuang.

In 1974, Chinese workers dug a well and made an amazing discovery: thousands of life-sized terrorist warriors and horses are preparing for the battle. These people now known as Terracotta Warriors or Terracotta Warriors are in three holes near Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. After discovering a soldier, in 1987 it became a museum and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. These ruins are in the northeast 1 mile (259 BC - 210 BC) of the pyramid-shaped mausoleum built for the first Chinese emperor. According to the UNESCO World Heritage Center, archaeologists doubt that the excavated tomb may contain the whole Xian replicas protected by soldiers. Three pits (the fourth pit is incomplete) contains an estimated 8000 actual size terracotta figures, of which about 2,000 were excavated.

Terra cotta warrior or horse and horse are sculptures depicting a series of terracotta fighters and the Chinese first emperor, Qin Shihuang army. This is a kind of funeral buried by the emperor between 210 BC and 209 BC, aiming to protect the world after the emperor's death. These figures dates back to the second half of the 3rd century BC and was discovered by local farmers in Linyi District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province in 1974. These numbers vary by role, but the highest is common. These numbers include warriors, tanks and horses. In the current estimate, there are more than 8000 soldiers, 130 tanks, 520 horses, 150 horses in three pits including terrorist warriors. Other terrorist cavalry warriors and non-military figures were also found at other repair stations such as officials, acrobats, strongers, musicians.