I must admit, I did have a little smile/smirk when I first heard this on the BBC’s World Service.
Builders eh…?
“A part of China's Great Wall has been severely damaged by construction workers in central Shanxi province, who used an excavator to dig through it. Police say two people are suspected of trying to create a shortcut for their construction work.
The two have been detained and the case is under further investigation.
The 38-year-old man and 55-year-old woman were working near the affected area, the 32nd Great Wall.
They dug a "big gap" by widening an existing cavity of the Great Wall so that their excavator could pass through it. Police say they wanted to reduce the distance they had to travel.”
Apparently the builders were traced by the tracks left by their excavator. Hmm…not very bright builders.
In full
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-66714547