A 23 year old artist and film maker Ilya
Novikov was arrested for impersonating Jesus
Christ after he was spotted walking along a road
carrying a huge wooden cross on his back in the
city of Perm in central Russia's Perm Krai region.
A video recorded by an eyewitness showed the
bearded artist wearing long flowing white robe as
he walked along the street with a T-shaped
cross. Motorists saw him and called the Police.
Some policemen quickly arrived on the scene to
arrest him - but struggled to fit his cross in the
back of their patrol car. They eventually
succeeded and took Mr Novikov to a police
station for questioning and was later released.
A police spokesman said:
"A man in white clothes, carrying a cross,
was spotted by onlookers and police were
called to the scene. Officers talked with the
man at the police station and let him go."
Mr Novikov said:
"My friend gave me some wooden sticks
so I made a cross out of them. The
experience of Jesus Christ was repeated.
People were laughing, shouting and
mocking me.
'This reaction proves that the Bible story
was true and that after 2,000 years people
have still not changed - we are still cruel
and intolerant to our neighbours."
But Father Igor Anoufriev, the rector of the city's
Church of St George, condemned the stunt as
blasphemy.
Police officers said the stunt was a potential
traffic hazard.
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