Mandela Way T-34 Tank

In January 2022 it was removed for restoration,[3] and its owner stated in April 2023 that it may not return to its former location due to concerns that the graffiti may affect its historical preservation.

[1][2][4][5] Following the "Velvet Revolution" and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, it was decommissioned and sold, and was used as a prop in the making of the 1995 film Richard III in London.

On completion of the film, it was bought in 1995 by Russell Gray, a local scrap dealer,[6] for £7,000 as a present for his son.

[3] In an interview the next year, the owner said he was unsure if the tank would ever be returned to the corner, as the graffiti did not respect "its value as a piece of military history".

In 1991, the artist David Cerny painted the tank pink and hoisted a large middle finger over the turret in protest against the controversial monument.