[1] Černý gained notoriety in 1991 by painting pink a Soviet tank that served as a war memorial in central Prague.

[3] In 2005 Černý created Shark, an image of Saddam Hussein in a tank of formaldehyde; the piece was presented at the second Prague Biennale that same year.

[4][5] The mayor of Middelkerke, Michel Landuyt, admitted that he was worried that the exhibit could "shock people, including Muslims" in a year already marred by tensions associated with Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed.

[6] The deputy mayor of Bielsko-Biała, Zbigniew Michniowski, contacted the city-funded gallery, galeria BWA, on 9 September 2006, and threatened dire consequences if the artwork was not removed promptly.

For instance, Bulgaria decided to summon the Czech ambassador to Sofia in order to discuss the illustration of the Balkan country as a collection of squat toilets.

In front of the building, 359 small fighter plane silhouettes, embedded in the pavement, symbolize the exact number of these pilots.