A 40-year-old office clerk became an international celebrity when she went for a swim, naked, in the Trevi Fountain. This is not the first time the Renaissance masterpiece has been used as a private pool and it certainly will not be the last.

As quoted by the Corriere della Sera Roberta said "The water is everyone's and it was hot. What's wrong with taking a dip?" Roberta, wisely did not give her last name. Pictures of her appeared in all Italy's leading newspapers on Monday. A short video of Roberta swimming was broadcast on Italian television late Sunday.

Roberta stunned tourists and locals alike as she stripped and swam several lengths of the fountain before stretching out on the marble at the base of the statue of Neptune.