A 17-year-old Canadian boy faces up to five years in prison after he vandalised a Unesco World Heritage site in Japan by scratching a name into a temple pillar.<br /><br />The vandalism was found on a pillar of Toshodaiji Kondo temple in the outskirts of Nara which is registered as a world heritage site as “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.”<br /><br />Under the Japanese law for the protection of cultural property, a person who has damaged an object of “important cultural property” could face up to five years in prison or a fine of 300,000 Japanese Yen (£1,650) according to Insider.<br /><br />The name “Julian” can be seen carved into the pillar as well as the letter “J”. The Canadian teen allegedly used his fingernails to carve the letters.<br /><br />He has since been questioned on suspicion of violating the cultural properties protection law.
