The formerly graffiti-covered John Lennon Wall in Prague was painted white by anonymous student culprits on Tuesday.
The wall was filled with anti-communist messages, beginning when Prague was still the capital of communist Czechoslovakia - even before John Lennon's death.
The students who painted the wall - which had become a popular tourist photo spot and a symbol of Western culture under the former Communist regime over the years - called themselves "Prague Services," saying they were marking the 25th anniversary of the end of communist rule there, Reuters reported.
"Twenty-five years ago, one big totalitarian wall fell...Students of art schools are expressing their commemoration of (1989) and opening room for new messages of the current generation," the students, who claim to be from Prague art schools, said in a statement.
After the "Velvet Revolution," which shook off the Communist rule, tourists began adding their own messages to the John Lennon Wall.
The tourist tradition didn't appear to end with the painting of the wall, as people began putting new graffiti on the wall Tuesday morning shortly after it was painted, Reuters reported.
