A walk on the beach

While in Panama last summer, in the Northern islands of Bocas Del Torro, I decided to take a walk on the beach one afternoon. Heading away from the main street where over 50% of the population consisted of tourist, and walked West into more rural areas of the island. After walking for about 15 minutes I turned away from the shore and began walking up towards where I suspected the road to be. On the other side of a low rising wall I saw a vast cemetary. While slowly walking through I noted that the majority of the grave stones were very old and for the most part single interments. Along the far reaching wall closest to the sea there were a number of family monuments, most of which held four family members. Looking closer at these group monuments I realized that every single one of them had been broken into. The tallest of the group I was almost able to walk right into. Snuggling up against the cool stone I snuck a peak inside where to the left I could see the remains of a long ago individual who was missing many of their long bones. I can only assume that after this tomb was raided, animals were then able to scurry in and steal some treats of their own.
This left me wondering, while the larger family monuments are much more elaborate and beautiful, they therefore also atract the unwanted attention from raiders. So, is it better to be simple and safe when it comes to monuments or elaborate while it lasts??