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Curator Fired For Gluing Broken Antique

Posted by samzenpus on from the should-have-used-duct-tape dept.

A museum curator in China was fired after he glued a broken 2,000 year-old wooden turtle dove back together instead of reporting the damage. Dating from China's Han Dynasty, the antique was broken when it was transported by museum staff to an antique storage cabinet a year ago. Yang Fu, the curator of Wu Wei City Museum, went to the storeroom and glued the broken part back together with ordinary glue. Sounds like someone forgot to make an antique dove insurance payment.

3 comments

  1. the 80s all over again by moderatorrater · · Score: 1

    Didn't I see this once on "Saved by the Bell"?

    1. Re:the 80s all over again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      holy balls!

      you're admitting to watching that tripe while not under an AC login?

      holy fuck, do you make lots of references to watching Small Wonder and The PJs in your daily life too?

      wow, just wow.