00:00A 28-year-old tourist faces charges in Florence, Italy
00:06when she tried to touch a legendary statue's genitals.
00:14That's the problem.
00:15Bad joke.
00:16Because you can touch any of the men's penises over there and they're fine.
00:20But don't touch the statues.
00:22But don't touch our statue's penis.
00:23Italian police say the woman caused minor but significant damage
00:26to the statue when she stepped on a part of it
00:31as she was reaching for the statue's genitals.
00:36It was part of a dare.
00:39Oh, boy.
00:40Bigger lady?
00:41Don't show her.
00:42She broke a statue.
00:43Repair costs are estimated at $5,800,
00:46but she faces fines up to $50,000
00:50for damaging an artistic and architectural asset in Italy.
00:55The fountain, created by Bartolomeo Amanati in 1559
01:02It's kind of old, you know?
01:03It's kind of old.
01:04Increasingly attracts tourists attempting social media stunts.
01:11This behavior, they say, is disrespecting the city's heritage.
01:17I'm lucky that you don't just go disappear, you know?
01:19Yeah.
01:20And they warn against the ignorance around historic monuments.
01:24The Neptune statue's wiener is what she wanted to hold.
01:28That's why you go there.
01:30To hold Neptune's wiener?
01:32Yeah.
01:33I can't even imagine just going and holding all the wieners
01:36of all the statues.
01:38Like, that's just every photo you take.
01:41Just you holding marble dogs?
01:43You just hold them.
01:43Just hold them.
01:44I mean, I can see the draw, I guess.
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