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Waiter breaks thumb off ancient Roman sculpture at London's British Museum

   Waiter breaks Roman sculpture at London's British Museum
   BY Laura Bult
   NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
   Updated: Friday, October 28, 2016, 2:38 PM
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The British Museum in London, England.

   (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
   BY Laura Bult
   NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
   Updated: Friday, October 28, 2016, 2:38 PM

   A waiter catering a corporate event at London’s British Museum
   accidentally lopped off the thumb of a 2,000-year-old Roman sculpture.

   The accident, reported this week by the Art Newspaper, damaged the
   museum’s prized Townley Venus during an event in December 2015. The
   server was reportedly hovering too close to the statue and bumped into
   the over 7-foot sculpture, causing the statue's right thumb to break
   off cleanly and fall to the floor.

   The museum has since repaired the masterpiece.

   “We have taken the incident seriously and have retrained all
   individuals responsible for events,” a spokesperson for the British
   Museum told Newsweek in a statement. “This was an unfortunate incident.
   The preservation of the collection is of fundamental importance to the
   British Museum. Our expert conservators have been able to fully restore
   the object and it has remained on public display.”

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   The museum did not identify the catering company.
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   The Townley Venus is a marble portrayal of a half-naked goddess of love
   dating back to the 1st of 2nd centuries.

   It was excavated in 1775 from Roman baths and bought by English
   collector Charles Townley.

   Its index finger was already missing when the British Museum acquired
   it in 1805.

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