Stohoven artists acquitted of scaremongering charges

Seven Czech artists who pirated a television broadcast to superimpose images of a nuclear explosion on images of a tourist resort in the Krkonoše mountain region, were acquitted of scaremongering charges on Tuesday. The judge said that the images did not resemble a real nuclear explosion and could not have been taken seriously. The members of the Ztohoven group of artists who hacked into the live broadcast by public broadcaster Czech Television in June last year, pleaded not guilty. Before the trial, they expressed surprise that Czech Television had decided to press charges over their stunt. The group has previously made headlines by transforming a giant neon heart sign over Prague Castle into a question mark and by hijacking posters in the Prague metro to promote their own impromptu art shows.