Stupid Americans: Please do not touch the exhibits! An easy enough rule to follow, but seemingly too tough for one American tourist who knocked the finger off a 600-year-old Italian statue at a museum in Florence.<br /><br />Patrick Broderick, a 55-year-old emergency surgeon from Connecticut, his wife and kids were strolling the northern Italian city's Museum of the Works of the Cathedral when one statue caught his eye.<br /><br />The curious doctor raised his hand to the Virgin Mary to compare hand sizes, and in that instant, amputated her right pinky.<br /><br />Furious museum staff fingered the man to police, who was promptly arrested in front of his wife and children.<br /><br />As one can tell from the metal pin jutting from the stump, the finger had been previously repaired after an earlier mishap and was probably already fragile to begin with.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world. <br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
