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Two godless British tourists were reportedly caught on camera messing around with a statue of Jesus stolen from a centuries-old church — before smashing it to pieces.
Shocking surveillance footage from the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius shows an apparently intoxicated man carrying a gilded figure of Christ as his pal sits on a nearby bench filming the stunt on his phone, according to the Sun.
“On Nov. 11, at about 9 p.m. in Vilnius, Dominikonų St., from the inner courtyard of the church, an unidentified person broke a golden sculpture of Jesus hanging on a wooden cross,” local police said.
“The damage is being assessed,” the statement continued.
Authorities believe the two men are UK citizens, though their nationalities have not been officially confirmed, the Sun reported.
In the staggering footage, a man sits on a bench before his drunken buddy hobbles into the frame holding the golden Jesus statue — reportedly swiped from a 15th-century church.
The suspect on the bench starts recording, and seconds later, the statue’s arms snap off in the perpetrator’s hands, sending the head, torso and arms crashing to the ground and shattering the holy artifact to pieces.
As the scarf-clad man hoisted the figure up, he slurred “listen … listen … praise the lord!” in a Northern English accent.
After dropping the sculpture, the suspect looked at his comrade on the bench and said “oh my god, we did not” — before the duo jetted down a narrow street.
The heinous act is believed to have been captured by a camera outside a nearby shop, according to the outlet.
The Shrine of Divine Mercy church, where the statue was stolen, is home to the famous 1934 painting of the Divine Mercy.
