兵马俑美国展出被盗走拇指!博物馆里办派对安保漏洞引争议
The statue of a cavalryman, which dates back to at least 209 BC, is one of 10 Chinese Terracotta Warrior statues now on display at the Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania. The exhibit will run through March 4. 文物出国展览是国际文化交流的重要形式之一。近年来,文博机构文物出国展览的数量不断增多。通过举办这样的展览,实际上是为宣传自己、了解别人打开了一扇窗户。 The Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center said it has organized more than 260 overseas exhibitions in the past 40 years and has never before come across such a situation. 兵马俑这样的世界级文物在海外展出时,安保为何如此脆弱?罗哈纳又是如何潜入展区,实施盗窃的呢? 博物馆里办派对 安保漏洞引争议 According to court documents, Rohana was attending an Ugly Sweater Party at the Franklin Institute on December 21 when he made his way into the Terracotta Warriors exhibit, which was then closed. 事实上,在美国,由于面临营收压力,博物馆常常对外出租展厅以获得收入,展厅便经常成为派对、聚会的场所。由于在参与派对的同时,人们还能欣赏展出的文物,博物馆的娱乐活动受到了一些人的欢迎。 Rohana allegedly used a mobile phone as a torch and took a selfie with one of the warriors, according to Chinese state media Xinhua, quoting the FBI. He then allegedly put his hand on the left hand of the statue and appeared to break something off from it. He pocketed the item and left. Museum staff noticed the missing thumb on January 8 and the FBI later traced it to Rohana. He later admitted that he had kept the thumb in a desk drawer. Rohana was charged last week with theft and concealment of an artwork, and interstate transportation of stolen property, according to the New York Times. He was released on $15,000 bail. 虽然被盗兵马俑拇指已经找回,涉事男子迈克•罗哈纳也面临审判。但其间暴露出的博物馆安保漏洞令人震惊。特殊展品缺乏相应的保护措施。而博物馆工作人员在兵马俑拇指被盗18天之后方才察觉。 富兰克林科学博物馆承认在安保上出现严重漏洞,并为此表示歉意。 中方要求依法严惩肇事者 On Monday, the director of the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, the government-run organization which loaned the statues out, "strongly condemned" the Franklin Institute for being "careless" with the statues, CCTV reported. "We ask that the US severely punish the perpetrator. We have lodged a serious protest with them," said Wu Haiyun. Wu said the centre would be sending two experts to the US to assess the damage and repair the statue with the recovered thumb. There would be a claim for compensation, he added. Wang Dongfeng, a cultural relics repair expert at the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in Shaanxi, said it takes at least three to five months to restore a Terracotta Warrior because the process is complicated. |