Dopey builders demolished a section of The Great Wall of China – so they could take a shortcut.
The hapless pair used a digger to bulldoze a gaping hole through the ancient landmark – one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
They are said to have admitted to police they did it to cut their travel time.
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The “irreversible damage” was caused to the Ming Great Wall section, which is over 700 years old.
The workers – a 38-year-old man and 55-year-old woman – allegedly dug a “big gap” by widening an existing cavity of the Great Wall so that their excavator could pass through it.
They were detained in central Shanxi province and the case is under investigation.
The oldest sections of the wall date back thousands of years and are protected.
It’s been a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1987.
The Great Wall of China – measuring a total of 21,196.18km – begins on the eastern coast and extends to the far western deserts, meandering through 404 towns in 15 provincial regions across northern and central China.
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