Loo rolled: Japan’s oldest toilet damaged as driver backed up

Worker mistakenly accelerated while the car was in reverse, crashing into the building's roughly 500-year old wooden door

Japan's oldest existing toilet, dating back hundreds of years, has been damaged after it was accidentally rammed by a car driven by an employee of an organisation that preserves cultural relics.

The 30-year-old man, who works for the Kyoto Heritage Preservation Association, damaged the communal toilet, located inside Tofukuji temple in Kyoto, after he mistakenly accelerated while the vehicle was in reverse, crashing into the building's wooden door, according to media reports.