A 600-year-old elephant shaped stone sculpture in the Xiaoling Tomb in Nanjing, that dates back to the Ming Dynasty, has been damaged by some Chinese tourists.

An undated photo of the elephant shaped stone sculpture in the Xiaoling Tomb in Nanjing, that dates back to the Ming Dynasty. [Photo: CCTV]

The scratches and damages appear both on the leg and trunk of the elephant sculpture.

This is the latest in series of similar incidents, where tourist were found to have damaged cultural relics.

Last week, another Chinese tourist had scratched his name on a 300-year-old bronze vat in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

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