 After this violent struggle, Rizzio was dragged into the adjacent Audience Chamber and stabbed an alleged 57 times.His body was thrown down the main staircase nearby (now disused) and stripped of his jewels and fine clothes.The location of Rizzio's murder is marked with a small plaque in the Audience Chamber, underneath which is a red mark on the floorboards which reportedly was left when Rizzio was stabbed to death.