Historic books at Hungary's Pannonhalma Archabbey face destruction from drugstore beetles, prompting restoration workers to disinfect 100,000 volumes at the UNESCO World Heritage site.

In this photo provided by Pannonhalma Archabbey, a restorer shows an old book with holes in its pages due to a drugstore beetle infestation, at the Pannonhalma Archabbey’s library in Pannonhalma ...

One of Hungary's oldest monasteries is battling a bug infestation crisis damaging troves of archaic books. The Pannonhalma Archabbey, a Benedictine monastery with a library of 400,000 volumes, shut ...

The 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey is a sprawling Benedictine monastery that is one of Hungary's oldest centers of learning and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

This photo provided by Pannonhalma Archabbey shows structural damage of old books due to a drugstore beetle infestation, at the Pannonhalma Archabbey's library in Pannonhalma, Hungary, Thursday ...

The 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey is a sprawling Benedictine monastery that is one of Hungary's oldest centers of learning and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

In this photo provided by Pannonhalma Archabbey, a restorer shows an old book with holes in its pages due to a drugstore beetle infestation, at the Pannonhalma Archabbey's library in Pannonhalma ...

The 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey is a sprawling Benedictine monastery that is one of Hungary’s oldest centers of learning and a UNESCO World Heritage site. AP Restoration workers are ...