An Israeli fearing a coronavirus apocalypse has decided to come clean and return a 2,000-year-old catapult stone he stole 15 years ago, according to a report.

“The time has come to clear my conscience. It feels that the end of the world is near,” said the unidentified person, according to the Times of Israel, which cited a Monday press release from the Israel Antiquities Authority.

The guilt-ridden citizen used a man named Moshe Manies as a go-between to deliver the bowling ball-size projectile to the City of David National Park.

Manies, who kept the thief’s identity a secret, said the theft occurred 15 years ago, when two youths saw a collection of ballista stones that had been launched at fortifications, the Israeli news site reported.

“One of the boys took one of the stones home,” Manies said in a Facebook post that drew the attention of the Antiquities Authority.

“Meanwhile, he married and raised a family, and told me that for the past 15 years the stone is weighing heavily on his heart,” he wrote.

“And now, when he came across it while cleaning for Passover, together with the apocalyptic feeling the coronavirus generated, he felt the time was ripe to clear his conscience, and he asked me to help him return it to the Israel Antiquities Authority,” Manies added.

Uzi Rotstein, an inspector in the IAA’s Theft Prevention Unit who was tagged in one of the comments of Manies’ post, commended the stone’s return.

“These artifacts, which are thousands of years old, are our national treasure. They tell the story of The Land and of who resided here before us, and should be documented and displayed,” Rotstein said.

Dr. Yuval Baruch of the Antiquities Authority’s Jerusalem region said the ancient weapons were used by besieging forces to lob projectiles at fortress walls.

“The ballista stones which were uncovered at the City of David are most likely connected to the harsh battles between the besieged residents of Jerusalem and the soldiers of the Roman Legion, from around 70 CE – the year of the destruction of Jerusalem,” he said.