A man in Spain is under investigation after allegedly damaging cave paintings dating back thousands of years in order to take pictures of them for social media, authorities said.
The 39-year-old from the Andalusia region allegedly poured water on the drawings and then uploaded the photographs on Facebook, Spain’s Guardia Civil said in a statement over the weekend.
The damaged paintings, located at several sites in the Sierra Sur de Jaén mountain range, are protected by a heritage register and the alleged culprit is now being investigated for a crime against historical heritage, according to the statement.
