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Hey, anything for Instagram likes, right?
Last month we told you about a woman who destroyed $200,000 worth of art while trying to take a selfie. And now we have to tell you about someone who thought it would be a good idea to put a kid in an 800-year-old coffin in order to take a photo.
The coffin, which is made out of sandstone relic, was displayed at the Prittlewell Priory Museum in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. And surveillance video shows someone picking up their kid and lifting them over a protective barrier in order to take a photo of the kid in the coffin. And in doing so they knock over the coffin. But they stick around to report it, right? Nope. Footage shows them fleeing, “leaving the coffin with a deep crack and a large, triangle-shaped piece missing from its middle.”
Photo: SOUTHEND-ON-SEA BOROUGH COUNCIL
Here’s what Michael Sargood, spokesman for Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, told Huffington Post.
“To be clear, the coffin has always been in three pieces. The crack in the [center] and the piece missing on the left of the photo has always been there since it has been displayed. The new damage is to the right of [center].”
Huffington Post
“The care of our collections is of paramount importance to us and this isolated incident has been upsetting for the museum’s service, whose staff strive to protect Southend’s heritage within our historic sites,” Claire Reed, the conservator responsible for repairing the sarcophagus, said in a statement obtained by HuffPost.
The coffin was found at the priory back in 1921. Inside, it held a skeleton that may have once been a senior monk, according to the BBC.
Repair on the coffin will being soon, as Sargood says it should cost a little over $120 to fix it. In conclusion, don’t be an idiot simply to take a photo.
