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A male tourist jumped into a pit at the Museum of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi, China, on May 30

The man was described as a 30-year-old "domestic tourist" by local authorities, who said he struggled with "mental illness"

The man was later contained by security and the museum was shut down for the rest of the day

Millennia-old artifacts have been damaged after a tourist visiting the Museum of the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Shaanxi, China, leapt over a guardrail and into a pit.

On May 30, the tourist fell 18 feet into one of the pits where the figures of the historic Terracotta Army are located. The man was seen falling before getting up and damaging the statues.

The man “pushed and pulled” the clay warriors and two were “damag

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