The stone, which sustained damage in six spots, had been carved to fit perfectly in a palace wall hundreds of years ago

An intoxicated man wielding a metal tool is accused of attacking and damaging the Stone of Twelve Angles in Peru, a famed Inca construction, cultural officials said.

An allegedly intoxicated man vandalized a 500-year-old archaeological artifact known as the 12-Angle Stone in Peru, authorities said Tuesday. Its perfect 12-angled border is described as symbolic of the advanced stonework of the Inca civilization.

The Stone of the Twelve Angles is one of the most representative icons of Inca architecture, known for the perfect interlocking of its stones without the use of cement or mortar.

A man was arrested in Peru after damaging a 500-year-old artifact known as the 12-angle-stone, Peruvian officials have announced. The incident took place at 12:49 a.m. on February 19, when a man "apparently intoxicated and out of his mind,