The tourist carved his name into the wall of the Pompeii villa

A 37-year-old British tourist was caught carving the initials of himself and his daughters into a frescoed wall in a house at Pompeii. He now faces a five-figure fine and a possible jail term.

A British tourist has been caught carving his daughters’ initials into an Ancient Roman house in Pompeii.

The man, who is from Kazakhstan, was reportedly caught red-handed damaging one of the walls in the town. The unnamed vandal was stopped while he was engraving 'Ali' on plaster.

A Kazakh tourist was stopped after writing the word ALI on a wall of the House of the Ceii in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii.