Artist fined for tampering with traffic lights

An artist who replaced the pictures of the red and green men at over 50 sets of traffic lights was found guilty of vandalism on Wednesday and fined 60,000 CZK (3,770 USD). David Brudňák replaced the traditional images of red and green men with pictures of women in skirts, hangmen and men urinating. The Prague 7 court which ruled on the verdict also ordered Mr Brudňák to pay the city council nearly 82,000 CZK (5,150 USD) in damages. Mr Brudňák is thought to work under the pseudonym of Roman Týc, he is also thought to be a member of the controversial Ztohoven group of artists, who made the headlines last June when they hijacked a Czech Television show to display images of a nuclear bomb blast.