"Both workers are from Mongolia. Police detained the two, who were working on an unrelated construction project and were trying to make a shortcut, and charged them with destroying a cultural relic, China Daily reported. "Excavators were used to excavate the original gap of the ancient Great Wall into a large gap, so that the excavator can pass through the gap, which caused irreversible damage to the integrity of the Ming Great Wall and the safety of cultural relics," the police statement reads."
"A 38-year-old man named Zheng and a 55-year-old woman named Wang caused "irreversible damage" when they used an excavator to widen a gap in a part of the wall in the northern Shanxi province, the Youyu County Public Security Bureau said. Police were alerted to the damage after receiving reports of a gap in the wall. The section of the wall that was damaged dates back to between 1368 and 1644, during the Ming Dynasty, officials said."
Two workers, a 38-year-old man named Zheng and a 55-year-old woman named Wang, used an excavator to widen a gap in a section of the Great Wall in northern Shanxi province. The workers, who are from Mongolia, were reportedly attempting to create a shortcut while working on an unrelated construction project. The excavation caused irreversible damage to the integrity and safety of the Ming-era section dated between 1368 and 1644. Police were alerted after reports of the gap, detained the two, and charged them with destroying a cultural relic. The Great Wall is a UNESCO World Heritage site with strict protections and ongoing preservation challenges.
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