"So the value of a national treasure is only this much?”
\n\nTop images via bernice0222/Instagram, Yakushiji
\n\nJapanese netizens are enraged over what they perceived to be overly lenient punishment on a Taiwanese celebrity who defaced a national treasure.
\n\nTaiwanese actress Tsai Yi Chen was fined 500,000 Yen (S$4,052) for pouring a liquid on the Buddha's Footprint Stone (the Bussokuseki) in the Yakushiji Temple in Nara on Apr. 6, reported ETtoday.
\n\nAccording to the Japanese police, the liquid contained glycerin, and it reportedly stained the artefect which is over 1,200 years old.
\n\nAfter Tsai's visit to the temple, staff noticed traces of liquid on the artefact. They notified the police.
\n\nSurveillance footage reportedly showed her shaking a small bottle.
\n\nShe subsequently poured the liquid on the national treasure.
\n\nPolice's investigations led to Tsai's identification.
\n\nThey arrested her on Aug. 22 when she landed at Kansai International Airport.
\n\nETtoday reported that Tsai admitted the offence during questioning, and gave police an unusual explanation, saying:
\n\n"Whenever I come across something that moves me, I rub oil on it and pray, so I probably did that to the Bussokuseki too."
\n\n"I've poured oil at other places before for the purpose of praying," she also…
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