London: Two tourists in northern Italy have landed in the soup after they broke off a piece of a priceless statue of Hercules, which dates back to 1700, while trying to climb it and take a selfie.

The tourists had been climbing the 'Statue of the two Hercules', in Cremona, on Friday night when they involuntarily broke off a piece of the marble crown on top of the monument. The two perpetrators have been identified by the police, 'The Local' reported.