A gang in Xianyang, Shaanxi province dug a hole and stole cultural relics under the guise of operating a snack bar. Since 20 1 1, six ancient pagodas of national key cultural relics protection units have been excavated six times, and some pagodas took six months to get through the underground palace. They rented a house and opened a restaurant near the ancient pagoda, pretending to do business during the day and digging holes at night. So far, 23 people have been sentenced. After prosecution by the Procuratorate of Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, the Intermediate People's Court of Xianyang City sentenced 23 people, including Wei Yonggang, to 15 years' to 3 years' imprisonment, suspended for 4 years, for the crime of excavating ancient tombs in ancient cultural sites and reselling cultural relics. In the Yellow River valley, the history of emperors in China has a long history, which makes the treasure of Chinese culture buried under the surface of this loess, but because of this, a grave robber who stole funerary wares for a living was born. They reached out to ancient tombs, murals and Buddha statues again and again, and even developed into a family-style and industrialized grave robbery gang. Wei Yonggang is one of them. At the age of 52, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the court of Xinjiang county, Shanxi province in 2004 for the crime of excavating ancient cultural sites. 20 1 1 year commutation,1month release. Less than half a year after his release, he returned to his old job, this time targeting the Qingfan Temple Tower in Xingping City, Shaanxi Province. When the ancients built towers, they often placed jewels, Buddha statues, Buddhist scriptures and even Buddhist relics on the top of the tower or in the underground palace. Wei Yonggang and others aimed at these cultural relics. ? Most of the 23 defendants received primary school, junior high school or even illiteracy education, and 13 of them had criminal records, including the crimes of stealing ancient cultural sites, intentional injury, robbery, kidnapping, theft, covering up what they did, speculation and so on. Their sentences were concentrated around 2000. China's online access to judgment documents shows that 23 defendants are over age? After 60, 70 and 80? Among them, 3? After 60? Mainly engaged in organizing and directing excavation activities, or reselling cultural relics; ? After 70? Mainly engaged in reselling cultural relics, a few involved in illegal excavation activities; ? After 80? There are 1 1 people who are directly engaged in illegal activities. ?