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An American tourist toppled two ancient Roman busts in the Vatican Museums on Wednesday, causing moderate damage to the art when he was told he couldn’t meet with Pope Francis.

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A museum source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation, said the man was in his 50s and had ‘behaved strangely.’

The man reportedly hurled himself into a bust when he was told he couldn’t see Pope Francis, and ran into another one when he tried to flee from museum security.

He knocked the two busts off their pedestals in the museums’ Chiaramonti hall, which houses more than 1,000 pieces and is one of the most important collections of Roman portrait busts.

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