Serbian prosecutors on May 14 announced that the cultural official in charge of the site’s historic designation had forged a key document and had been arrested. Goran Vasic, the acting director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, admitted he had fabricated an expert’s opinion.

“Vasic forged a proposal for a decision to revoke the status of cultural property,” prosecutors said in a statement.

So they forged a document in order to un-protect the building site?