Fraudster Built Fake Roman Amphitheatre and Charged Tourists £35 to Visit
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As a spectacular find, a man spent the area in northern Italy and demanded 40 euros of entry for it. Only: the pillars are made of concrete, the statues are made of plaster – he built everything himself. Now he starts his prison sentence.
Justice sends to prison a man who came to charge up to 40 euros for visiting the compound, raised without permits on a hill of Vicenza and presented as a historical finding
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The TelegraphItalian builds fake ancient amphitheatre and charges €40 a visit
Italian conman jailed after building bogus Roman historical marvel and charging tourists to see it
An Italian conman has been jailed after building a fake Roman amphitheatre and charging people to visit.Franco Malosso, who also goes by Franco Malosso von Rosenfranz, charged tourists €40 (£35) to visit a site which he described as the world's first open-air amphitheatre.The Berico Maritime Amphitheatre, near the northeastern city of Vicenza, featured ruined columns, stone steps and statues and was claimed by the fraudster to have been built be…
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