Borf. Perhaps you thought you’d heard the last about him when Metropolitan Police arrested John Tsombikos in July, a teen from Great Falls, Virginia, who admitted responsibility for the once-ubiquitous tags around the city. We certainly considered the matter somewhat closed when we posted our thoughts about the meaning of Borf’s work several days later.

Yet the reports kept trickling in – one reader wrote to us in late August to report they had spotted some Borf tags in Boston. We weren’t too surprised, having already reported on some Borf stencils in San Francisco. Yet we found an email from reader Rachel Mooney today truly surprising: it contained not one but five photos of Borf tags in Rome. They include a Borf tag at the coliseum (shown above), Borf on the way to the Spanish Steps, overlooking the forum, and even one on a utility pole. Although we can’t be sure, the handwriting looks awfully familiar. Maybe Mr. Tsombikos has been on vacation?

Two more of the photos are after the jump.