Museum says: stop swiping 'souvenir rocks' from Forbidden City

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The Palace Museum in Beijing is discouraging visitors from pocketing rocks found on the grounds after a tourist attracted attention for showing off her snatched collection on social media.

Museum management told media that despite the museum's long history, none of the polished stones used to pave the gardens' mosaic paths are relics. Instead, they are part of recent renovations that are repaired annually.

Concerns first arose recently after the tourist posted two photos to Sina Weibo showing handfuls of stones, claiming to have "picked them out from the paths as souvenirs."

The post went viral and has since been deleted. The tourist later said that museum maintenance crew gave her the rocks.

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(Source: Global Times)