It was also revealed that the agency had provided newspaper companies with what they claimed were recent pictures of the (undamaged) mural, but these had actually been taken on March 21, 2000--two years before the damage to the west wall occurred.
また、西壁損傷事故の2年前の2000年3月21日に撮影された（損傷前の）壁画写真を「最新の写真」と偽って新聞社に提供していたことも明らかになった。