A man has been arrested for trying to steal the Magna Carta

It looks like someone took the National Treasure movies far too seriously.

Police have arrested a 45-year-old man they say tried to steal a copy of the Magna Carta at the Salisbury Cathedral in England, BBC News reports. The suspect reportedly tried to break into the case where the document is held, which triggered an alarm, although a photo shows he only managed to make a few small holes in the glass. The document wasn't damaged.

There are four copies of the Magna Carta in existence: two at the British Library, one at the Lincoln Cathedral, and one at the Salisbury Cathedral. The Salisbury Cathedral copy is the best preserved of the four, BBC reports. The suspect has been taken into questioning, where he will presumably be reminded that the document does not, in fact, have a secret treasure map on the back.

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