I appreciate that the thread started with the story of an idiotic vandal ... but with various comments about ownership of cultural heritage etc I thought this may be relavent.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7334229.stm
This is the same story reported in Canada, but this has responses from readers....
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/sto...kh-armour.html