American tourist smashes 2,000-year-old statues in the Vatican after being told he couldn’t see Pope Francis

Two 2,000-year-old statues in the Vatican are destroyed by a disgruntled tourist.

An American tourist knocked down two ancient Roman sculptures in the Vatican Museums after he was denied a meeting with the Pope.

The 65-year-old US citizen, who was born in Egypt, threw himself into a bust when he was told he couldn't see Pope Francis, and ran into another bust when he tried to flee from museum security.

The Museo Chiaramonti is located in the Vatican Museums.

If you pull the busts down with force, they will come off, according to the Director of the Press Office.

The guards stopped him and brought him to the Vatican police who were going to question him.

Visitors took pictures of the broken busts on the marble floor.

The tourist wants to talk to the Pope, but no one knows what he wants to say.

It will take between 15,000 and 300 hours to restore the sculptures, according to local media.

The sculptures were quickly taken to the museum's restoration lab and are being reassembled.

The Roman monuments have been damaged by tourists. A Canadian tourist was caught carving her name into the Colosseum while American tourists were caught throwing scooters down the Spanish Steps.