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San Donato Hospital in Arezzo, a city in the central region of Tuscany, said it had seen a 10% increase in emergency room admissions in the past four or five days.

Vasari's letter, which disappeared from the archive of the Fraternita dei Laici institution in Arezzo in 2001, was recovered with the help of Sotheby's auction house in London and Brussels, police said.

"When he appeared from the mud, and was therefore partially covered, it looked like the bronze of an athlete ... but once cleaned up and seen properly it was clear that it was that of a sick person," said Ada Salvi, a Culture Ministry archaeologist for the Tuscan provinces of Siena, Grosseto and Arezzo.

Ralph spent the fall in Italy, studying in the Tuscan city of Arezzo.

The privacy watchdog also targeted the Tuscan city of Arezzo, where local police were due to be equipped with infrared super glasses that can recognise car number plates.