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'Spiderman' Arrested for Climbing a building in Sydney

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Frenchman Alain Robert (C), known as "Spiderman", climbs the 150-metre (492-foot) tall Lumiere building in Sydney

Human spider from France, who was nicknamed "spiderman" was arrested Monday (30 / 8) when climbing the 57-storey building in Sydney.

Alain Robert, known as a climber several famous skyscrapers in the world without ropes or other equipment, was arrested at the top of downtown buildings Lumiere.

He climbed the building about 20 minutes, and dozens of people watched from below.

"I am sad he was arrested, but hopefully he will be out soon and we can get champagne," said her agent, Max Markson.

He has not been punished. Last year, Robert was fined 750 Australian dollars (U.S. $ 676) due to climbing the 41-story building the Royal Bank of Scotland in Sydney.

Many incidents of his past climbs skyscraper has resulted in arrests and fines.

Alain Robert is now 48-year-old has climbed more than 70 skyscrapers around the world, including the Empire State Building, the Sears Tower and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

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