The iconic monument is one of the most famous structures in the world, renowned for its ancient past of gladiatorial battles, but the man accused of defacing it says he had no idea it was so old.
After the identity of the culprit caught carving Ivan + Hayley into the Colosseum s wall was revealed, MailOnline looks back at some of the other tourists caught desecrating Italy s treasured sites.
Ivan Dimitrov, 27, was caught on camera by American tourist Ryan Lutz as he carved the words, Ivan and Hayley 23 into the 2,000-year-old Colosseum brickwork with a set of keys.